Started with a tea set and now a tea mug
@allknowing (133441)
India
February 25, 2023 1:07am CST
When we just got married I wanted everything in style - every nook and corner of our tiny flat smacked of style be it the bedroom, the hall, the dining, the kitchen the works Everything looked classy.
When we shifted here and lived in this big house it was more or less the same - everything has a classy look.
The classy look is still there but we have cut down on the dinner sets and tea sets. Now it is the tea bags and mugs. We have decided to go simple, what with problems getting maids, et al. The cupboards are full and they are all languishing.
What's your story?
Image Credit:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1970s_Flower_decorated_teapot_and_tea_set_%2851879670243%29.jpg
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haha we are very simple 
@Beestring (14320)
• Hong Kong
25 Feb 23
I have tea sets bought many years ago. Only use when I have friends visiting me. I mainly use mugs.
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
We too have sets mostly Bone China and they are now languishing I used to have so many tea cozies to match
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@RebeccasFarm (88963)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Feb 23
Its lovely and practical..
Wish you did not have the maid problem
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
And also there is not much entertaining going on these days.
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@RebeccasFarm (88963)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Feb 23
@allknowing I say get ready to entertain if I can see to get to you
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@RebeccasFarm (88963)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Feb 23
@allknowing Oh no I demand fine bone china and a silver spoon
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@Juliaacv (50737)
• Canada
25 Feb 23
I have the good tea cups with my fine English china, but we never use them.
I have 3 sets of Christmas mugs which match my Christmas china, those are used every year.
Of course on a regular basis, we have several coffee cups that we use exclusively on a day to day basis.
They become favorites because of the handles and the amount of coffee that they hold.
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
No matter which part of the globe one belongs their cupboards are packed with tea sets and dinner sets never to be used (lol)
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
@Juliaacv We all have such stories to tell. I loved to entertain and did a lot of it but not any more.
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@Juliaacv (50737)
• Canada
25 Feb 23
@allknowing When my parents were both alive my hubby and I used to host most of the big family gatherings and we did use all of our good china, and then as my Dad's health began to fail I got a beautiful set of Christmas china so that we could host brunch. That was more of a come and go affair, like an open house, and the dishes were used well for about a decade. We still use them but for a smaller guest list.
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@LadyDuck (468944)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 23
We have more than we need. I have three tea sets and we do not drink tea, I have four coffee sets, we use all the time the two same cups with saucer. Two years ago I asked to the charity to send here someone and I donated several dinner sets, pots and pans, two chandeliers and several towels and table clothes. I am trying to scale down.
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
As I just commented elsewhere this is a global malaise. Loads of tea sets, dinner sets, coffee sets, et al but not used. (lol)
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@LadyDuck (468944)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 23
@allknowing I wonder why we bought when we already had several received as a wedding gift. I never break things.
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
What is my 'classy' could well be your country style (lol)
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@JudyEv (336711)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Feb 23
@allknowing I guess that's possible. Every country would be different I guess.
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
5 Mar 23
That photo is of wikimedia but I do have nice tea sets.
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@jstory07 (138565)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Feb 23
@allknowing I have one really nice dinner set.
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@Fleura (29931)
• United Kingdom
25 Feb 23
I still have the tea-sets my mother inherited from her mother! A wedding gift with twelve cups, saucers, and tea plates, a tea-pot, hot water jug, sugar bowl, milk jug, and slops bowl. I don't think these things were ever used and we hardly ever use them now either!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Feb 23
I have so many silver tea sets and other sets that I have collected on our trips. I have way too much of everything, but won't get rid of the things I love. They will be passed on when I am gone. The kids can do what they want with them.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Feb 23
Yes I have down sized my things.
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@aninditasen (16277)
• Raurkela, India
25 Feb 23
I have my tea sets. Dinner set etc.and I thank God I do have a sincere maid who is only a bit money minded and always craves for money.
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@allknowing (133441)
• India
25 Feb 23
There is help around and also we do not entertain much these days
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