Shit items that you never replace.

[ArseInTheCoOpWindow]

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🤷🏼‍♀️

The mother in law has a bread knife that is around 30 years old, blunt as hell and doesn't have a handle anymore. It's like a bread blade.

My reading glasses that I sat on , cracked the frame so the left lens wont stay in.
As I type I can see clearly as long as I keep my left eye closed

This wont be successful if the right lens comes out too

I've been burning my fingers from my shit oven gloves for ages .,
It was like a miracle moment when I walked past some and thought to buy one .

A cheese grater that my grandma give me when I went to uni, I’m now 48. It’s melted on one side and twisted from many washes in the dishwasher, but it still grates cheese 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wicker laundry bin. The bin is fine but the lid is unravelling to nothing. I can’t find a new one the same size (it’s massive) so I’m seriously thinking about evening classes in basket weaving…

I hated my lounge curtains. Hideous stripes, badly hung and too short. It was 22 years before I finally replaced them.

Sieve for pasta etc has lost one of its lip bits (that hook over edges) so wobbles when balanced over a pan or bowl
My spatula handle keeps coming off as the metal rivet has come off
I have a grater that will only grate cheese, the fine side for zest is too blunt. But it works for cheese so I still have it. Another one lost its handle outer, so I have a thin metal bar to hold when grating things. Oh, and the handle has a large nut on one side which sometimes comes lose, usually in the dishwasher.
But buy new ones! When it (we'll, some of it) still works? Don't be daft!

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow You’re supposed to bleach your washing up bowl once a week?? Oooops

Or just tape it up

Can you swap it for the least-used drawer? Then you don't need to actually replace anything.

Oh, and we have about 8 chopping boards. I keep meaning to chuck the ones with disintegrating trim and indelible stains but they keep getting used and washed.

Break a bit of match and put in the hole so flush with the top of the hole (I’ve also used a cocktail stick), screw the handle back on.

🤣🤣 my back would hate me!

My grater is so old that it’s incredibly blunt and I now use the very edges to grate that haven’t been as wore down. Tried gratings lemon zest earlier took me bloody ages. I mean the things are about £4 I really should just buy a new one 😂

I'm more amazed you bleach your washing up bowl every week. Why?!

I had a frying pan that was always getting food stuck. Making an omelette one day, it stuck, and I just had enough. Walked outside and launched the entire pan with omelette in the bin and bought a new one
Life changing

Same here, why bother???

Grip fix in the screw hole, replace the screw. Or use a rawlpug.

I think the bathroom door is the worst. It’s a slider, and however we adjust the runners it either boings open or wedges shut so that anyone who’s not used to it can’t get out. At the moment it is just in that state of perfect balance where either is possible… it actually prevents me from asking anyone round. For about 15 years now I come to think of it

My silky pillow case (keeps my hair from knotting badly) the stitching has gone at both ends. Luckily my pillow (also gross and old) is one of those saggy, heavy feather ones, so it doesn’t wriggle out too often.

Come to think of it, all of my bedding could do with replacing. 😳

To kill any germs, I thought everyone does it 🤷‍♂️

@rainyskylight if there is an identical drawer, just swap it with the dud.

I replaced our scratched, tomato stained, warped chopping boards last week.

I now have two 1-week old warped, tomato stained chopping boards! I could've saved myself 3 quid.

A spatula that has part melted with a snapped handle so there's only about 2 inches of it left.I did pick one up to buy the other day but put it back !
Why I continue to risk being burned instead of buying a new one ,I'll never know.

My years old hoover where the mechanism to pull the main handle out to pick up little bits has broken, when hoovering I have to do it at a 90 degree angle holding the main filter part.

Measuring jugs I bought from IKEA when moved in with DP 10 years ago, can’t read any numbers on them whatsoever, some have faded marks where I have etched in biro where eg 200 ml is.

The cover on my ironing board that is so worn when ironing you can see the diamond pattern of the metal on the clothes, I have seen the cover I need in Tesco many times for £12 but always just think ‘nah’ and walk past it.

I’m actually laughing out loud at this thread, so relatable!

Our ensuite loo toilets seat became loose earlier in the year and came off a couple of months ago. I’m ashamed to say we’ve just got used to it……..,

Weve still got the names of the previous owners children stencilled into our kitchen wall…..2 years from moving in 🙈

Oh dear, are these admissions going to give me slattern status??!

Aga toaster thing, it's about 28 years old and so bent that nothing toasts evenly, vague muttering about getting a new one the other day, but no real progress on that front 🤣