Shit items that you never replace.

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We have 2.

A washing up bowl bought 7 years ago for 3 quid. Part of it’s melted. It’s bleached and cleaned properly every week. The other day Dh suggested we buy a new one. We were both staggered by it😲

A shit mirror we took from Dmil house when she died. We painted the mahogany frame white. But it looks shit. You can see the mahogany. It’s just shit. And l like my interiors. But this peiceof shit hangs there. I suggested we buy a new one tonight. Again we were shocked that we hadn’t thought of it before.

A plastic seive that’s melted and broken . Yet we continue to use it🤷🏼‍♀️

A cuckoo clock that I paid £65 for. The minute hand broke so you can’t even see what time it is, and the cuckoo stopped working about 7 years ago But it’s pretty on my wall so I keep it

A toaster you have to hold the button down to properly toast bread. We just haven’t bothered to replace it. I might buy a new one if I’m near currys.

A toaster that just has one side working (4 slice toaster - so only 2 slices working).
Dishwasher that needs clicked into place every we shut the door.

Remote control whose back falls off and batteries fall out all the time. No idea why I don’t get another.

a spatula with half a handle.

My bread bin hasn't closed for nearly two years but I don't like to chuck it...

Oh and two of my three laundry baskets have cracked handles/sides but also they still work for carrying large loads of clothes so... I just put up with it!

My kettle needs cellotape to hold the lid shut... really need to replace it! It's not even an expensive one, cost £10 in argos but it matches my toaster so haven't replaced it yet!

The handle of one of the most-used kitchen drawers fell off - the screw holes had become too big. For over a year, in order to open that drawer you have to open the one above or below and sort of reach in behind and flick the broken drawer. It is a very uncomfortable movement. We use the drawer maybe 20 times a day.

Same here but seems a waste when the basket bit works!

We've a knife so thin from being sharpened I'm sure it's dangerous but we still use it

Some of my towels are older than my teen dcs 😂🙈

Oh and a tumble dryer you have to hold the door shut! We don't tumble much so we just crack on with it

The internal workings of my toilet cistern, it overflows once the cistern has filled up and no matter where you turn the little screw thing to each time,

It either doesn't fill up or overflows. So we tend to only fill it up as and when required. I've tried all sorts, but work on the basis that my monthly water bill is much lower than it should be due to the kids not refilling and flushing as often as they should.

I should sort it out, but just haven't got round to it yet🙃

My kids used the laundry basket as ‘car’ to ‘ride’ down the stairs in a few years ago when I was in the shower. There’s a massive crack that’s runs all the way along the base. But it never buckles with others in so I’m not replacing it - mainly because the little devils will probably ‘ride’ in the next one too.

We also replaced the washing machine last month after having spent 5 years opening the door with a knife when the plastic part of the handle snapped. It feels like such a treat to open the new door normally 🤣

Old oven glove recently replaced. Worked just fine, and probably washed hundreds of times in its lifetime, but a bit shabby. Like OP a lightbulb moment when you realise you can/should possibly replace...

I recently bought my dad a new kettle when I realised he was using a baking potato to keep the button pressed down to make it work.

This thread makes me feel less alone. I'm nodding at most of these answers 🤣🤣🤣

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A whisk with a prong that pops out all the time and I just wedge it back in. Also missing it’s entire handle so it’s just the whisk part, about 5in long. It still works though.

Kitchen knives with bent ends that are older than my teen. Been sharpened 1000000 times and bound to disintegrate sometime soon.

Towels also older than my teen that are fraying at the edges.

Pressure cooker has a broken display but I can work it well enough to use on pre set things.

The handle on my mop has snapped so I have to bend over when I’m using it. I should really replace it 😆

Really terrible measuring cups from John Lewis maybe 20 years ago. The cups are made of metal, yet have flimsy handles that bend out of shape when scooping ingredients like flour.

A dishwasher that's had an intermittent non-heating problem for at least two years. It's now permanently not heating, and we'll have to replace it before moving out next month.

Oven glove. Had it since uni days so getting on for 30 years. It's threadbare in places and has stringy bits hanging off which dip in food. I've tried new ones over the years but they're Just Not Right.

The handle of the largest cup actually snapped off, so for the last 5+ years I've also had to suffer holding a burning metal cup when measuring hot liquids.

I don't have a kettle. Not had one since March and I can't see me being arsed to get a new one any time soon!

A small chrome metal mirror - the type that is magnified on one side - it's base is as rusty as they come but still it greets my knackered face in a morning.

My slippers. They could easily be confused as something dug up from a Viking archaeology dig. Yet, the trusty bags of shit are still welded to my feet each night.