To get the arse with the DDs because they keep using our champagne flutes to drink juice from?

[sandyballs]

It just really pisses me off, they were a wedding present and are quite fragile, they are also not supposed to be put in the dishwasher so I have to carefully hand wash them.

DH thinks I'm making a mountain out of a molehill but why can't they use normal sodding beakers or glasses.

My DDs wouldn't dream of drinking juice out of the best glasses.
In this case no is a complete sentence

I suppose the obvious answer of putting them away, out of reach is way too simple.

My parents had a full set of waterford crystal glasses, tumblers, flutes, etc. I wouldnt have dreamed of touching them. If I had, I doubt I would have sat down comfortably for a day or two! .

I grew up in a household with 'best' china/ cutlery and glasses.

Even now (aged mid 30s) it feels decadent to use the 'best' glasses...

AGain, my Mother would have had our guts for garters if we used them as children. However decent glassware is nicer to use - my current tumblers/ everyday glasses are pretty sophisticated czech crystal and were about 12 quid for 4 from M&S.

At that price you can afford to replace them.

Put the best glasses away - in a box at the bottom of your wardrobe, if neccessary, and get some cheapie ones from IKEA or asda. Plus you should be teaching your dds that what you say, goes. If they do something you've told them not to, there will be a consequence - and enforce that consequence, otherwise they will just go on taking and using whatever they want, regardless of what you say. Irritating when it is your best champagne flutes, more worrying when it is money from your purse, or the car keys.