LOL! I know I don't know you...well, only by your posts...but you should really write a book about your family. :) In my own family's history, it was the sofa. We got a new sofa, and no one was allowed to use it. At least we didn't keep the plastic on it. But still. What's the point? :) I say keep sneaking to use it until you've slowly worn the "new" off. If you can survive that long, that is. haha. Your family will secretly thank you. Seriously, someone has to take the fall. You know it'll be you one way or the other, right? :)