7 Women on the So-Real Struggles of Building Ikea Furniture with Your S.O.

“I thought I was smart enough to assemble Ikea furniture—wrong. I thought my husband was smart enough. Double wrong. Need help putting together a twin daybed and some shelves before our family comes to visit for the holidays in two weeks.” —Hayley Y. via TaskRabbit

“My husband is out of town on a golfing trip till Sunday and I’d like to get two Ikea Stuva wardrobes for my sons assembled before he gets back! He thinks he can handle Ikea furniture but I’d prefer these done right!” —Remi C. via TaskRabbit 

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“It always ends in an argument, with my husband saying something like…’Why did you have to buy this?!’ He obviously doesn’t appreciate all the wonderfulness that is Ikea!” —Amanda V.

“I emasculated him because I figured it out too quickly…he couldn’t handle my capabilities. I’m single now.” —Elizabeth E.

“I’m the one that puts everything together. I try to include him as a favor to his ego, but over the years, I think we both realized I’m the handier one and now he just lets me do it by myself.” —Elaine P.

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“We’ve definitely had words over putting furniture together. I tell him ‘You’re so slow! Why is it taking so long!’ and instead of helping, I hover around him, waving my arms until he tells me to leave. Then, I don’t feel guilty laying on the couch while he’s doing manual labor.” —Becky S. (Check out these fun lube options from the Women’s Health boutique!)

To quell the relatiolnship strife, TaskRabbit had furniture assembly experts rank the degree of difficulty in putting together various pieces of Ikea furniture. Check out their findings, here:

In other words, plant stands are no biggie, but you probably don’t want to attempt to assemble a wardrobe together (unless you want to wind up divorced).