tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post7800620008712061878..comments2023-11-11T20:58:30.193-05:00Comments on Stop Her She's Knitting!: Advice for Young Folks Getting MarriedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17708136104704483342noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-2718207672656127062010-03-18T18:08:04.776-04:002010-03-18T18:08:04.776-04:00Excellent and sound advice! I'm donating boxes...Excellent and sound advice! I'm donating boxes of stuff to the hospital thrift shop almost weekly in my last year's effort to de-stuff the house. I've gotten past the pain of "this, too, must go!"WhiteStonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345496310218224780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-48636324225517367172010-03-18T13:10:26.947-04:002010-03-18T13:10:26.947-04:00Get the cheap stuff. What you like at 20 isn'...Get the cheap stuff. What you like at 20 isn't the same thing you like or need at 35, and certainly isn't the thing you want at 50. Buy things you can happily and guiltlessly give away when you reach turning points in your life. Do not hoard. Do not covet. Be practical. <br />And for goodness sake, don't have a big wedding...have a long happy marriage instead with the money you would have wasted on a wedding in the bank there when (God forbid) you need it.BarbeeAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440056522766291669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-83820438623633117062010-03-17T22:18:45.664-04:002010-03-17T22:18:45.664-04:00Okay, I'm going to have to disagree here (and ...Okay, I'm going to have to disagree here (and I realize I'm in the minority). I registered for 12 china settings, stemware and flatware (though not sterling) ... and never regretted it. You see, every Sunday I try to have our family dinners in the dining room where I get out all this stuff, fold the cloth napkins, and fix a special meal. I will admit that I do regularly fall in and out of this habit, but it's one I strive to meet. <br /><br />As a plug to Lenox, their stuff is indestructible (and I can tell you about a fall down the basement steps to prove it), so I always felt pretty secure using it even when the girls were young (though I did hold back on the good water goblets for a number of years.)<br /><br />If you doubt any of this, all you'd have to see are the stained upholstered chairs and well-worn tabletop.<br /><br />Why only treat company to the good stuff when in fact our families are far more important to us??lookleephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06206272726141516343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-64159558895056770562010-03-17T13:11:40.153-04:002010-03-17T13:11:40.153-04:00Couldn't agree more. I did not register for ch...Couldn't agree more. I did not register for china and my grandmother almost had a fit! It's just not practical. I got my regular dishes and then I registered for a very cheap set of neutral colored dishes. They can be dressed up if needed. (Almost 3 years into it, we've never dressed them up!)Chelseahttp://rootsandrings.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-28788768171333836822010-03-17T11:34:51.724-04:002010-03-17T11:34:51.724-04:00Amen! I never registered for china at all when we...Amen! I never registered for china at all when we got married, and I'm so glad I didn't! We use Corelle plates that I bought by the set in a big box, and I'm perfectly happy with those. I do, however, have a bunch of my grandmother's stuff like that that we inherited when we bought the house---punch bowls and adorable little punch cups. It's nice, but it's clutter, and it's ignored.Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043592847837359464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-34127112474249171582010-03-17T10:24:35.142-04:002010-03-17T10:24:35.142-04:00I hear that! We have sold many wedding gifted crys...I hear that! We have sold many wedding gifted crystal vases and bowls over the course of the last 18 years at yard sales. We have used the proceeds to purchase useful household items like crockpots, toaster ovens and blenders.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09832982377941483785noreply@blogger.com