Things your parents owned that you swore you wouldn't. And now you do.

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Coasters. Oh the shame!!!!

Proper napkins and napkin rings
Always! I also embroidered our initials on them so they don't get mixed up. My mum doesn't use them at all though. I think I might have converted her to vests though. My husband wears them from Srptember to May and is always careful of his kidneys.

Another one with a National Trust membership (a life one, as we saved money by barely leaving the house this year).
A caravan- bizarrely all my siblings want a weekend away in it with our parents for nostalgia, so it’s not just me.

Several nighties 🙈

Big knickers. We used to absolutely take the mick out of my Mum for her ‘belly warmers’.

Bridget Jones style pants.

Sorry about your mum :-(
but your comment made me smile

Heartfelt sympathy to all those who've lost their mums.

Mines in her 70's and not in the best of health these days I'm absolutely dreading her loss.

I very much regret not valuing her wisdom much younger and she's now the person I most often turn to for advice on soooo many things.

Great thread op

Pyrex dishes
A hand held rechargeable hoover
I do own a pair of Hotter trainers but rarely wear them (although they are sooo comfy!!)
A bag of carrier bags
A 'shit drawer' with string, candles, tiny screwdrivers, light bulbs, batteries, treasury tags & random stuff in

So many of these posts are making me smile and nod

Ooo and a feather duster for those ceiling cobwebs!!

Pre pandemic I was considering a cruise.

DM used DF's old cut up y-fronts and vests as dusters. Not only did I swear never to use the same but I thought it was uncool to dust.

Fortunately DH doesn't wear Y-fronts but his vests make great dusters! 😆

Oh and DP and I are considering a coach tour of the Scottish Highlands next year.

Grape scissors! Although to be fair my mum gave me a pair one Christmas.

A love of cheese and biscuits as a course? who wants cheese and biscuits instead of a dessert?????!!!! 🤯

uh, me now aged 40 yum

@RB68

Anyone wanting ercol chic room divider, chairs and table and high side board LMK doing MIL house clearance at the moment bloody nightmare

*@RB68* stick it on ebay, you'll get good money for it. I spotted an ercol second hand room divider on sale for £1.5k on ebay. There was a furious bidding war going on so there is a demand for it. ercol ebay

Kids! 😂

Old knickers for dusting? You'd have to wipe my brain first. I don't care how many times they've been washed, someone had their bum in them and I'm not using them for dusting!

Shoes that are comfortable, not fashionable.

A spoon rest! For resting your spoon on when you are done stirring your cooking. Ohhhhhhhhh how I took the piss out of her for this. And now I own one and love it!

This thread is lovely by the way.

Massive bum hugging pants. I’m 40, I bloody love them, love me In my big unsexy pants or trot on 🙌🏻 I laughed hard at mums pants on the line next to my tiny pants that I spent hours per day doing descrete lunge like moves to dislodge them ...big pants Aaallll the way

@Graphista

Heartfelt sympathy to all those who've lost their mums.

Mines in her 70's and not in the best of health these days I'm absolutely dreading her loss.

I very much regret not valuing her wisdom much younger and she's now the person I most often turn to for advice on soooo many things.

Great thread op

Cherish her, Graphista, losing my mum was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. My world changed for ever that day.

I agree, cherish your mums. Mine never got to hold my babies.

I hated garden centres as a child, mum loved them so i had to go....

Now she's not here I love a mooch round them....

Another one here who has been bereft since losing her mum...

@ssd

Another one here who has been bereft since losing her mum...

Me too. I never thought it would hurt so much even 7 years later. I honestly think a bit of me died too. It’s never the same without your mum.