Hee!

[telophase]

After reading all the comments on the gift-registry post, I remembered what my mom did, back when I was 10 or so, and she had gotten thoroughly tired of eating off the ugly plates she and Dad had gotten as a Kmart Special when he was in grad school: she registered for (everyday, not china) plates and silverware and passed that around to the family, so for three or four years she got various bits of place settings at various gift-giving occasions. Worked quite well! XD

She'd actually had china from her wedding registry, but it was too good for daily use and boxed up in the attic for most of my life. I'm not sure I ever ate off it.

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[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

"Good china" (and flatware/silver, and glasses/crystal) is such a trap. I was just remarking the other day that when my mother dies there is a lot of dusty, possibly nice old cut-crystal, sizes from itty-bitty liqueur glasses up to goblets (NOT THAT ANYONE IN THAT HOUSE EVER DRANK A LIQUEUR AFTER DINNER MIND YOU) and with side business in Irish Coffee glasses and the like, and I just don't know what all to do with it.

Not to mention the Sunday and Holiday Good China, which is a pattern I do not like. I hope one of the SILs steps up.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I own (although Mom possesses at the moment) an 8-place setting set of silverware that belonged to my grandmother. I like it, although more for the family connection than because I like the pattern or anything. I should call Mom and ask her to bring it up for Thanksgiving so it'll actually get some use.

Mom's china is (was? no clue if she still has it) pretty at least: plain white with a thin gold rim around the edge. But still: never used. She did get rid of a lot of the random glasses and cups we had sitting in the china cabinet when she bought a house in town and moved.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Given the direction decorating has taken in your house, why not have her bring it up for the holiday and then use it---every day?

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

We use my parents' wedding china for holidays, sit-down dinner parties, and other special occasions. Always have. My aunt/godmother uses her wedding china similarly. I'm pretty sure my sister uses her wedding china the same way. So not every day use, but generally several outings a year.

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

We've actually got three full sets of china, we're not registering for more (much to my dismay as I lurve china). We plan to have a set of formal milk, formal meat, and probably a set for Passover. Rafe likes to entertain enough that I'm not worried about using them...once we actually have flatware and glasses to match, of course. That, we're missing.

[awamiba.livejournal.com]

My mom acquired two extremely similar sets of china at her wedding. We've used them every Easter/Christmas/random fancy dinner the whole of my life. Eventually I'll get one set and my sister will get the other.

Nick and I put china on our wedding gift registry, but didn't receive any at all, other than the piece we brought home to show the other family members what it looked like. When we have a fancy dinner at our house we use the everyday dishes we got from the wedding, plus a few that are similar that are left over from my college day. (Although to be fair, most days we use the kids plastic plate settings, since they set the table and that's in their reachable zone.)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I admit to loving china, but we'd never use the stuff (no point in anything that can't go in the dishwasher), so it would take up space that could be used for books, videogames, and more cat toys.