Isn;t it strange...

[gemy]

So I am thinking about the things we break and the things we don't.

So here we go. After my parents died, they had a rather large crystal glass collection, some friends of my said use it, as I was trying to figure out where to put these lovely glasses. So we did. Over the next 2 or so years all the water goblets are gone, all the rock glasses, and we have left the juice glasses sans (2) lost there. All the wine glasses are gone.

So I bought some more crystal, drink glasses. All those six glasses I think lasted 6mths

Before Last Christmas I replenished; and I was too scared to bring them out. So now they sit in my closet and wrapped up and safe. And I wonder should I bring them out? Oh and to keep some things into perspective I bought a dozen cheap water glasses....guess what 18mths later we have not LOST a single flocking glass

So secretly I have added to my closet crystal stash of glasses. Did I mention I adore crystal glasses? Everything including water tastes better in them. And to put a $$ value on the recent crystal I bougth and lost, each small tumbler was $30 per and large tumbers $50 per glass. Crystal is an indulgence of mine....

So in the time I have been married (8yrs) my husband has gone through 4 computers. Somehow he breaks them. I have gone through one.

I have the ugliest vase around, that has lasted me through 6 moves over 30 yrs. It was a gift from a close friend. That thing is indestructible.

In the same timeframe I have broken two beautiful glass vases

So here on a Thursday I sit back and wonder; is there a reason, a ration-d'etre for what we break and what seems to survive our care....

[msyorktown]

Ahhhh Gemy... we are kindred spirits!. Love me some crystal! I have a full set of crystal glasses that I acquired when I married the first time when I was living in Florida. They all survived the move..marriage didn't. Former DH was unpacking the glasses and chipped one of the water glasses.. I found out the glasses were not available here...bought a plane ticket...he paid, went back to Florida and replaced the glass...stupid thing cost me $50.00, 20years ago...but I still have all the glasses to this day! Former husband is back in Florida, still fuming after all this time that I spent all that money to replace ONE glass!
I only bring them out for special occassions, they sit on display in my buffet, along with the one place setting of my Royal Doulton, and my grand mothers gold cup and saucer. Broke my beautiful Waterford crystal vase, ugly azz vase that I got as a gift is still here...wish that thing would break It fell out of the box i had it in...not a scratch on it...urghh!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Fortunately, I have some of my dearest whatnots and things from my childhood home during the time I was growing up and thankfully, not one is broken, though I am not much for whatnots otherwise! But my mom had some that she always had in our home and passed to my sister who passed them to me about 10 years ago. Especially dear are two beautiful little girl figures my mother bought that resemble my sister and me. I grew up seeing those sitting on my mom's dressing table or bureau. Plus a few other things that survived from childhood. Things I saw everyday as a child, young person and now as an adult. Kind of neat to have things that have ALWAYS been part of one's life & still are. But they are just to look at and no one uses them at table or in washing up, no doubt helping their survival.

My older sister's husband bought her two large, lovely porcelain Kewpie babies about 8" tall on their honeymoon. They are lovely fine, delicate works of art and though they have moved fairly frequently at first, when he was in the Navy, and kept the Kewpies displayed prominently in their home all through the years, she still has those and plans to gift them to me when she passes on. I hope I can keep them safe as I have always seen those every time I visited my sister's home over the many years. So some old treasures of my childhood are thankfully still intact.

[Verbena]

I know what you mean. Mine is Italian Pottery. I have 8 cups. Well now 6 cups. 2 of them cracked within 3 days of each other. I was like wtf. All those stupid cups you get free you can drop them, clank them nothing. . . . These stupid cups are hard to find . . . . And here goes my search. . . . . Sigh

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by gemy

So secretly I have added to my closet crystal stash of glasses. Did I mention I adore crystal glasses? Everything including water tastes better in them. And to put a $$ value on the recent crystal I bougth and lost, each small tumbler was $30 per and large tumbers $50 per glass. Crystal is an indulgence of mine....

I can so relate! I'm a fan of crystal too!

Some of my earliest memories are drinking milk out of one of my mum's "fancy glasses" (she has an amazing selection of Webb, Stuart & Edinburgh crystal).

As an adult, I have always used my crystal (and china). I don't believe in having them just to look at. I figure what's the point in having it locked in a cabinet, only to have my kids flog it when I'm gone, because it's not the style/pattern they would choose for themselves. I chose it because I like it, so I use it & enjoy it. Sure a few glasses have broken over time, but I think of all the times I've enjoyed using them. I say take your glasses out of the closet, pour yourself a glass of wine and ENJOY!

Cheers!

[msyorktown]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

I can so relate! I'm a fan of crystal too!

Some of my earliest memories are drinking milk out of one of my mum's "fancy glasses" (she has an amazing selection of Webb, Stuart & Edinburgh crystal).

As an adult, I have always used my crystal (and china). I don't believe in having them just to look at. I figure what's the point in having it locked in a cabinet, only to have my kids flog it when I'm gone, because it's not the style/pattern they would choose for themselves. I chose it because I like it, so I use it & enjoy it. Sure a few glasses have broken over time, but I think of all the times I've enjoyed using them. I say take your glasses out of the closet, pour yourself a glass of wine and ENJOY!

Cheers!

You are so right Karan...I think its about time I started using my crystal..starting tonight with my favorite wine!

[Lil Sis]

Ha ha... I guess we are all a bit alike.

I have a beautiful set of china. It was my mothers and it is Bavarian and some peices were Rosenthal. She also had a tea set in some high end china that I can't spell. My poor mother moved it so many times.. she alway remembered the "days" when she had a beautiful house and had big dinners.

When she died I got the china, crystal, the tea set, cabinet. One day, soon after, I was in my bed room and heard a big crash.. yes.. the shelves in the new china cabinet fell and the whole tea set was dust. I saved most of the crystal and all of the table set. I was heart sick.. my poor mother trudged that stuff around for so many years! I owned it for a few months and it was trashed. A few days latter my brother call from over seas and in the conversation he said.. "you know that china mom had.. well it is really valuable." That didn't help

So.. now I still have a beautiful china servering for 12... but no one is allowed to use it. I get nervous even thinking about it. I have moved 4 times sense my mother passed and I am sure to keep it safe.

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by msyorktown

You are so right Karan...I think its about time I started using my crystal..starting tonight with my favorite wine!

Your post had me getting up and pouring a glass too!

Cheers!

[capt_noonie]

I don't have any of the fancy stuff. But I'll tell you, the cheap stuff from ikea breaks really easily! Lol

[DBlain]

LOL cheap or expensive I break it all, I tend not to use my better stuff from my MIL and our wedding mostly because it's hand wash and I am lazy. Funny story about a set of 4 inexpensive wine glasses, we call them our fish glasses because they have beautiful colorful tropical fish on them that look hand painted, but I bet they come from China. My love affair with these wine glasses started when a a friend bought a four pack at Kohls, for under $15.00 I saw them and loved them and went out and tried to find more, then another friend bought a box and then we all went back for more, but after 3 years of looking we have yet to find any more. So then it happened, I broke one at my friends house, to us it was like breaking Waterford, so I gave her one of mine, somehow she found two more and gifted one back to me. So now I have a set of 4 and my priceless fish glasses sit way up high in my cupboard and they only come out on special occassions. These were cheap glasses but because we can't replace them they are invaluable to me and a few of my friends.