Do You Use Your China?

OctoberKate
Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:13:30 +0000

My mother was adamant that I had to register for both china and crystal when I got married, that my relatives would want to give it to me and I would want to have it. Well, I’ve been married for 23 years, have a full set of both, and the only time either have been used was when I was staging my town house to sell it.

While my larger family does get together for big gatherings, they are never at my house, but my sister’s or my mother’s. I don’t have the table space for everyone, so I don’t host. Which means there is no real reason to break out the fancy stuff. And husband and I don’t use it, because with the platinum rim, it can’t go in the microwave, and I guess we heat things up in the microwave a lot?

My mom has four sets of china - her own wedding china, a Lenox Christmas pattern, and two other sets that are, I think, from a grandmother and a great aunt. My sister and I will each be getting two. So then I’ll have three sets of china, and nothing to do with it.

We have - Lenox Federal Platinum and it’s lovely and simple and could totally be used. I just… don’t.