How Often Do You Replace Your Dishes?

[fly girl]

Just received a new set this past Christmas. I loved my old set, they lasted 15 years, but the last year was rough one for them. 4 of my big dinner plates broke.

I like the heavier stoneware, and opted for a new color. I am happy with them, but I will admit I did keep the bowls from my other set. Dishes for me are all about the bowls.

The new bowls are very nice, but they are HUGE! You add a couple of ladles of soup and it looks like a tiny portion. Very deceptive and easy to overindulge.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I'm still using the Pfaltzgraf dishes I received for our wedding shower in 1996. I have had to replace a few bowls and one of the plates has a chip, but otherwise, they're all in great condition.

My flatware that I received for our wedding shower was inexpensive and I donated it to Goodwill and bought a sturdier set off of QVC about 5 years ago. Strangely, some of the forks and spoons have gone missing. They never leave the house, so I have no idea what has happened to them.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Once we lost enough dishes through breakage that we couldn't have matching plates for everyone at Thanksgiving is when we replaced them. Married 23 1/2 years, I think we are on our second set of dishes? They are plain Corelle. Plus plain white. I think we might be on our third set of flatware. Those seem to disappear easily.