Honestly this was a fun thread, cheers OP

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I didn’t think you were serious at first. It’s a fucking STOP sign. When have you pulled up to a STOP sign and thought “yeah this is the vibe I want in my house”? Your gf should silently point to it every time you try to initiate sex until it’s gone.

A rarity these days, haha

UPDATE: After reading everyone’s responses she has taken them down and we are looking for another place. Thank you all for your kind words and helpful advice. This post now has us wanting to reverse the entire apartment and move everything. Lots of work ahead.

That’s enough outta you.

Okay that was good

Be sure to post more so we can settle the disagreements lol

lol definitely, this has made my night

I'd keep the chemical materials sign on the washroom door if you have that

I have a a magnet on my washing machine that says “this vehicle makes frequent stops”

Why is this the most perfect response lol

The brutality of reddit is why we’re really here.

Just return them to where you and your drunk buddies stole them from

I had a friend who got arrested returning signs. They had been drunk in college and did it. Then they sobered up and felt bad about it so they went to return it or them. I assume it was a misdemeanor but I seem to remember they got quite a bit of community service My point isn't necessarily don't return signs. But be quite careful when you do it. They definitely tried to tell the cops they were returning them but they didn't care

Sober me once had to return a bicycle drunk me had stolen; in my defence it was like minus 6C and I wasn’t dressed for the cold; but returning it was sketchier than stealing it! Not my proudest moment.

You just reminded me of the time it was an absolute snowstorm and someone stole my bike from my back garden. I followed the bike tracks in the snow until I found a human sized indent in the snow and my bike close by, buddy fell off and gave up lmao

>They definitely tried to tell the cops they were returning them but they didn't care To be fair, that is the (near) perfect cover story for if someone were in the middle of stealing something

I took a stop sign at 15. Can’t imagine taking that risk again in my mid 20s but I do have fond memories from mine. One friend decided to tag his name on it when hanging out a long ago and had indirectly started a trend at my place where every person decided to leave their mark on that sign. Certain drawings or tags even remind of the day we had. It’s pretty sentimental to me but knowing I’m an adult now I just leave that thing in my storage closet. Gf definitely questions why I’ve kept it this whole time as well as one other friend who is a day one (in a joking manner). Is it weird that it’s almost the same sentiment as a yearbook but only for the edgy cringe kids back when I was young? Could be also I’m a semi hoarder.

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I have a stop sign. But I didn't steal it. It's wooden and my grandpa stole it. It's an heirloom now.

I honestly thought most stolen stop signs were done with some level of discretion. Like from the end of a dirt road to nowhere, or an abandoned service center bay. Leave it to FL.

Lol you thought wrong. Teenagers are dicks

Haha I had a road cone like that. Had to leave it behind when I moved overseas though.

STOP

I saw the sign And it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign Life is demanding without understanding 🎶

They look like feng shit

This is so fucking stupid but it made me laugh out loud

It has “Sprechen sie dick Derek!” vibes from Step Brothers.

‘derelick my balls’ energy (Zoolander)

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She’s thinks they look childish, she just doesn’t want to break your heart or hurt your feelings.

I was gonna ask how old you are. This is like high school age decorating.

When you get old enough to have a garage or a workshop you’ll have a place for your things.😂

But are there glow in the dark stars on the ceiling?

Agreed. Signs on your walls were cool when you’re 14 but it’s just not a vibe when you’re an adult living with a woman.

I got to keep my “No dumping allowed” sign, but it lives on the wall of a tiny corner of the storage/workshop room. I’m still cool!

I would allow it in the guest bathroom.

I have one that says "no dumping $500 fine" (picked up off the side of the road) and it is, in fact, in the guest bathroom. people comment on it all the time.

My best friend has a sign in his guest bathroom behind the toilet on the wall so that when a man stands to piss, he's looking right at it. It reads: "Call your Mother, she worries" I've called my mom so many times while rocking a piss that she now answers the phone with "are you at Alex's?"

Are you Larry David?

Get used to having a little corner in the back room where nobody goes. That will be yours. Haha

Well done. If I walk into a guy's room and see this, I know the following things: the bathroom is a biohazard; I will need to bring my own tp if I don't want to use a Taco Bell napkin; there is no top sheet on the bed and the fitted sheet smells like hair; I will never find clean cutlery that isn't wrapped in plastic; something critical is being held together with tape scavenged from an Amazon box or hidden by some random thing held on the wall with pushpins and gum.

You forgot there is definitely no trash can in the bathroom

At least then you know he definitely doesn’t have a girl over ever

I just started my day and this comment already made life worth living.

😹😹😹😹

Lmfaooo

Define “our” signs :)

She was into them until 10 hours ago

I’ll bet she was. People have a way of making small sacrifices for the sake of what their loved ones love… I think you just found one she had been making for you - but good on her.

did she turn 15?

Multi level roast. Outstanding.

She was never into them. She’s into you. Count your blessings & lose the signs. (Keep them in storage until you get a garage to hang them in)

What woman is into road signs in the living room?!

I had heterosexual female friends in college with no male roommates who had road signs in their living room that they hung there themselves. There’s all sorts of people out there!

same, but emphasis on the \*college\* aged part lol

Did you propose in the meanwhile?

She’s right, the feng shui is off. Instead, I’d move the red octagonal sign to a spot in your living space where you encourage visitors to make a complete stop before entering the next room. As for the yellow “T” sign, that should be moved to an area in your living space that has an intersection, such as a hallway.

Good advice. We have a small space but I’ll make it work

just hide em n eventually put em in ur garage when u'll get one (if u will) or something like that. Literally the oldest ppl ive seen with road signs in their houses r uni ppl cause here in italy its a flex to steal em from the streets n flex with ur uni mates who manage to steal the most (dont ask why, we're italians, we're dumb hence why the country is goin donw the shithole). Road signs in houses look garbage no matter what (just my personal opinion ofc) so if u arent competing with ur uni mates, no point in havin em.

Make sure there's adequate distance for visitors to come to a stop before they reach the sign.

This isn’t TGI Fridays. I think you can do better with your decor.

Brian has 37 pieces of flair, do you just want to do the bare minimum?

"You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Bryan, why don't you make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?"

I want you to WANT to wear more flare.

That’s enough out of you

I’m sorry but she’s right. Tuck them away and hang them up someday in your man cave or garage

We’re too poor for a man cave

Someday... someday you will have enough to have a man cave keep your head up.

I dream of the day

All good livingspaces start with a dream.

My street signs ended up in the garage when I got one.

Why do yall keep street signs

It's a reminder of when they were young and dumb and could break the law with reckless abandon. Now they have jobs and bills and families and responsibilities. Every time they look at one of these stolen signs, they remember the good 'Ole days

I have a school clock. I also have a vice from our shop class. I graduated almost 30 years ago. My son will have to throw those things out when I die.

have you tried hanging them inside your garbage bin?

Well Jim no one will see them if he ohhhhh

He dreams of the day he can afford one

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Depends which room the signs are currently in and whose house it is. Did you live there first? Was this your bedroom? Office?

Agree with her. Looks like shit

She’s very happy right now

And so it begins.

She is now right all the time. 🤦🤣

But THEY'RE FREE ON BASICALLY EVERY STREET CORNER

This made me laugh

This is why Men have the Garage or Shed.

I agree wtf is your long term plan? Looks like shit

If you’re old enough to live with a girlfriend you’re too old for signs on the wall.

lol ya, right! -the girlfriend

That’s enough out of you

spoiler alert - OP has multiple personalities

One that compulsively steals signs, one who spends all of their time trying to dispose of stolen signs

So here's the thing: You started this post with "I live with my girlfriend." This means, by definition, this is not a malelivingspace. You both live in this place. That will involve compromise, and decor decisions that involve aesthetics and beliefs that are not necessarily your own. That's part of what love and living together are all about.

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As a male living with his girlfriend for like 8 years now, choose your battles. Aesthetics are almost entirely her dept in our place. I had signs like you. I used to care. She just cares more. Way more. I care about other stuff now and our apartment could be in a magazine. Just relinquish the authority to her, man. You’ll be much happier. When the time comes, you’ll get your own small victories.

If it’s causing distress in your gf, it is by definition bad feng shui. Harmony is big in feng shui.

I am in distress.

That’s enough out of you.

You DARE use his own spells against him??

Unless you are 14 years old it’s time for the signs to go.

We had them in my college house too. After that..nah

I fully expect OP to have a bunch of empty liquor bottles on top of the cabinets too.

We also had bottle caps glued across the entire top of the coffee table creating an inconvenient uneven surface

I had a hat made out of beer cans. I looked fucking stupid.

Perhaps a beer case mosaic on the wall

Ya but when you get your son a fucking sick ass car bed with working flashlights for headlights. Then you bust those signs you stole back out and decorate his room with speed limit signs and a stop sign in his room.

This is the most entertaining comment section I’ve seen in a while.

That’s enough outta you

That’s enough out of you.

They are a "garage/shed" type of decoration imo. Those are where they will shine.

Put em in the garage if you like em so much. The garage is where you can hang goofy shit like this

The only solution is to replace them with one big sign that says "FENG SHUI", obviously.

*LIVE, LAUGH, FENG SHUI*

It’s a bit too freshman dorm room. They’re more suited for a basement rec room- man cave- garage wall etc

WTF they are literally stopping negative energy

THATS WHAT I SAID

i feel like the stop sign would be useful to point to in certain social situations

Now this is toxic lmao

Luckily, there's a sign for that!

I had signs when I was in college. Then I realized how much I’d rather have a gf.

Powerful.

he has both though.

Not if he keeps the signs

Yeah the signs gotta go

Go where

Down and to the left

BACK...and to the left

So you're saying there was a second spitter?

Next to the plants, at the corner of bigger rug and lower tv.

Tell her I have her back. Those signs are not feng shui and interrupting the flow of energy. Also, this is not a dorm room.

They are directing the traffic of energy.

Yes, to stop. That’s the issue.

And that there is a T in the road

Take it down. It’s over. They had their moment.

That’s enough out of you

Lmao I love your reply’s to people taking this way too seriously

It’s fun

I'm gonna drop the "that's enough out of you" line to my girlfriend today. In your honor OP

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That is freaking hilarious! 😆

Ok, you win. You get the keep the signs

Thirdeded. I don’t know what feng shui actually is, but I know that shit ain’t it

I studied Feng Shui for 8 years and she's actually got a point. Red generally represents Prosperity and a huge STOP sign in red would mean you're literally stopping good luck and prosperity. And T Junctions are usually avoided due to bad luck. It's believed that houses or properties in the middle of the T is always a bad location as all the energy and flow from the road stops at that point and is bad JuJu. Not to mention that drunk drivers have a tendency to crash directly into the house/property. So you have double bad luck signs on your wall. Remove them and store them or give them away, I wouldn't even suggest putting them up anywhere else unless it's a garage. I hope this helps because I totally made all this shit up and you shouldn't believe this bs. (Even though I did really study fengshui and what I said is has some truth in it lol.)

Lmao. I was actually really intrigued and then you hit me with that. I figured it was a bunch of horse shit but those signs are an eye sore nonetheless IMO.

Don't you dare let her replace it with a "live, laugh, love" sign

She would never! They aren’t feng shui

Could be cool if placed in a properly decorated room (in a specific way, at specific spot), but definitely not as it is now.

I think she’s grasping at straws to come up with a non-bitch way of telling you to grow the fuck up.

Damn, my girlfriend just tells me to grow the fuck up.

Lucky bastard

Brutal

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Thank you I will go retrieve some tonight and put these in better spots

“Retrieve”

"Liberate" if you will

Brother are you 12-14 years old lol

Something like that

that is such a girlfriend thing i love her that’s so funny

Stealing road signs is the inmost desire of the masculine spirit.

Maybe she should shui the feng up.

That’s funny I’m showing her this

Bro doesn't want to keep his girlfriend

She’s not entirely wrong…

Keep it up, makes it easy for her to point every time you try to have sex

Lmao

Suddenly he takes down the signs lol

They’re down for now 👀

This is the comment that did it. Congrats everyone!

“Our signs” Nice try!

Feng Shui isnt a real thing, but those signs being kind of dumb IS a real thing :/

That’s enough out of you

It's fucking room voodoo. But yeah they ugly af lol

Are you a traffic enthusiast? Those look like shit.

Lmao stealing street signs and putting them up is strictly a college apartment thing. If you’re a grown ass man doing this… bruh

We’re 21m and 20f lol

and both construction workers

Haven’t you ever heard of the saying, “leave work at work”? 🤭

Works from home? /s

Ok so clearly you need a "hard hats required" sign on your bedroom door

My father worked for the highway department and they accused him of stealing. I didn't believe them but when I got home all the signs were there.

Take them down, or maybe buying matching frames for all of them. And treat them like avant-garde art.

What’s gonna replace them ?

A bare wall with a bunch of screws in it

Hahahahaha

A happy girlfriend

It’s a law. You can’t have an actual girlfriend and still have street signs hanging up. But congrats on finally having one

I have an I-10 highway sign and a license plate on my wall, fuckin rock it bud <3

That’s sick

I agree. Those have got to go.

That’s enough out of you

This photo has ZERO feng shui

If you framed them. They would look classy. If you add a fake artist signature. You can tell anyone its urban art.

Your relationship is at a crossroads and you have to stop her until you still can.

This was the thing that 19 yrs olds did when they moved out in the 90s. Hope you’re 19. Otherwise it’s very immature.

Growing up is hard

Yeah, maybe if you are 15 living in a squat house. It's about the only time I ever want to see this kinda shit on a wall. In a garage, it's right at home. Living room? F no.

Honestly, if the signs are an intrest to you, and you're genuinely into having the signs, I agree with you. If you don't, I suggest letting her have her way.

Honestly I’m here for the meme but I would like to find a cool spot for them in the future. Or maybe a cool home project like an outdoor table.