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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10006089, member: 79705"]That's exactly how I feel about it! Things are meant to be used or seen. I got that opinion after not being allowed in the "nice" living room on the "nice" furniture when I was a kid. My mother collecting 5 sets of china no one ever used.... She got better about it later, but still had the tendency to keep "special" items until it was too late to use them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I use the nice dishes every day even when it's just us. Why don't we get to have a thrill from using the fun stuff! I'd rather make memories with it, rather than forget it in a box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10006089, member: 79705"]That's exactly how I feel about it! Things are meant to be used or seen. I got that opinion after not being allowed in the "nice" living room on the "nice" furniture when I was a kid. My mother collecting 5 sets of china no one ever used.... She got better about it later, but still had the tendency to keep "special" items until it was too late to use them. Now I use the nice dishes every day even when it's just us. Why don't we get to have a thrill from using the fun stuff! I'd rather make memories with it, rather than forget it in a box.[/QUOTE]
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