Dear Prudence,
As a “surprise” engagement gift, my husband’s dear godmother—who is actually a talented artist—painted an awkward, and very large picture of my fiancé and me. The proportions are off, and there’s a strange not-quite-human expression in our eyes. She put a lot of work into it, and likely thought we’d be touched. While it was certainly a nice gesture, we really don’t want to be looking at this six-foot-tall painting of ourselves on a daily basis!
The problem is, she asks about it often. She lives three hours away, so we’d thought about taking it out only when she visits, but we don’t even have the storage space in our small apartment to put it away. What can we do without hurting her feelings, but without having its leery presence?
— The Walls Have Eyes