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What do you never have at home, that most people would always have?

316 replies

Hairymaery · 01/10/2022 22:30

I'll go first, we never have margarine, I just hate it, even though DH thinks it's the best! (sorry dh)

OP posts:
Mollyplop999 · 02/10/2022 06:13

A television

Vampirethriller · 02/10/2022 06:23

A microwave
A husband
Alcohol

Mummyoflittledragon · 02/10/2022 06:25

Blinds in the bathrooms - unnecessary as the neighbours would really struggle see us from the garden
A letterbox
A tv aerial (have a sky box)

PigletJohn · 02/10/2022 06:35

What do people mean by margarine? The blocks of baking fat? Or soft spreads?

Usernamesarenoteasy · 02/10/2022 06:36

An alexa

User4738737383647474 · 02/10/2022 06:43

Alcohol or any glasses you'd put alcohol in, we don't drink and rarely have visitors. Last year we did happen to have a visitor, who asked for a drink - early in the day too and was shocked when I didn't have anything.

Greenandcabbagelooking · 02/10/2022 06:54

Baked beans

the80sweregreat · 02/10/2022 07:00

Sky tv
A dog !

kingtamponthefurred · 02/10/2022 07:07

Christmas decorations. If I want to decorate the house, I'll buy flowers.

user1469770863 · 02/10/2022 07:22

me too

Nowhereelsetogo90 · 02/10/2022 07:27

Tea bags.

CeeJay81 · 02/10/2022 07:29

Sky TV
Dish washer
Air fryer
Car
Dog or cat

I do have Margerine though. Shoot me 🤣

Beautiful3 · 02/10/2022 07:33

Kitchen roll.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/10/2022 07:33

Biscuits or cake, unless guests are expected.
Fizzy drinks ditto
Bottled water
A kitchen that’s less than 30 years old (it still works!)
Ditto bathrooms

Hooploop · 02/10/2022 07:35

Alcohol

Maggiesgirl · 02/10/2022 07:36

Tea - we only drink coffee
Peanut Butter - devil's stuff

TartanCurtains · 02/10/2022 07:41

Milk
Toaster
Tumble dryer
Alexa
Children
Pets
Zoflora 🤣

MummyInTheNecropolis · 02/10/2022 07:42

Milk
bread
a shower

ThatPirateLady · 02/10/2022 07:46

Ketchup- I do buy it for guests if we’re likely to have something they may want it with but we as a family prefer other condiments.

baked beans - I like beans, I like tomato based sauces but baked beans taste all wrong so I just don’t buy them

in laws never have garlic, onions, eggs, a basic stock of herbs and spices, salt, pepper or any condiments. I struggle to understand what they actually cook without the basics but they just seem to prefer to eat very plainly.

crossstitchingnana · 02/10/2022 08:02

Bread. No-one eats it.

Roselilly36 · 02/10/2022 08:05

Margarines or Sugar, artificial sweetener.large pots of jams, buy small individual ones.

Spanielsarepainless · 02/10/2022 08:06

Any TV streaming service.
Ketchup.
Fizzy drinks and bottled water.

Dumbitdown · 02/10/2022 08:13

TV
Margarine
Potatoes
Husband &/or kids
Alcohol

This year... Central heating. Can't afford the fuel 🥺

PuppyMonkey · 02/10/2022 08:16

People saying margarine are making me Grin - I don’t think I’ve seen anything actually called margarine in the shops since about 1978.

QOD · 02/10/2022 08:18

Margarine. How weird that that’s the most common thing

books
(I never used to buy them as I read so so much, library was my thing and now kindle unlimited)