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

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Coasters. Oh the shame!!!!

What's wrong with coasters? I've never heard of any coaster snobbery before. Do people just get tea stains all over their furniture instead?

A sense of shame when someone in the household puts the milk carton on the table for visitors instead of using a jug.

Dammit.

@user127819

What's wrong with coasters? I've never heard of any coaster snobbery before. Do people just get tea stains all over their furniture instead?

My DC once asked me why the grandparents buy such stainy tables that they have to use coasters, when we buy tables that you can actually put things on. I explained that we buy Ikea, they buy antique

Nothing.

I could bite my parents' hands off fast enough to get all the retro/antique furniture from their parents. I owned a decent supply of coasters long before them.

I think my parents slipped through the unholy gap between the 1970s and 80s, and so the things they aspire to are things like a dining table in orange wood veneer ('but it seats 20 people!') or hideous g-plan sofas re-upholstered in shades of brown.

What's wrong with coasters?

I wondered that. They stop table tops getting marked. We’ve got some chic ones made of etched mirror.

My DC once asked me why the grandparents buy such stainy tables that they have to use coasters, when we buy tables that you can actually put things on. I explained that we buy Ikea, they buy antique grin

We buy antiques because we can't afford IKEA! There's 'antiques' and 'antiques,' I think. Ours were the kind people have been putting cups on without coasters since about 1897.

Garden furniture. A blender. White bedding. Cushions on the bed. A good wool coat. A handbag. A love of John Lewis. A million candles. A blanket tasteful enough for the lounge. An iPad. No Alexa yet but probably only a matter of time. Turns out I am my mother after all.

a Skoda, I remember the extreme embarrassment of dad picking me up from secondary school in his white Skoda and now I'm driving one!

A Volvo

A carpet sweeper. Quick run around after the kids snacks so I don't have to pull the Hoover out.

@CommanderBurnham

Corning ware plates and sets. If you come from a south East Asian background, you'll know what I mean.

I come from a Mexican American household and I totally get what you mean about Corningware! All my relatives have it and I'm thinking of buying some 🤦🏻‍♀️

Gardening tools, and I've gradually realised that gardening (which I always thought was a tedious and utterly pointless activity) is actually ... sort of quite nice. I'm a bit worried about myself, to be honest. So far all I've done is weeding, clipping, hacking and clearing, but I'll know I'm lost forever if and when I actually try to grow something.

I am never, ever going to buy Hotter shoes

Me neither. Hotter shoes are a line in the sand that must not be crossed.

I do have two radios permanently tuned to Radio Four, but I don't think that counts, as I've been a Radio Four fan since I was a child.

@Thecobwebsarewinning

I now own my mums discarded hostess trolley. I regularly cook for 10+ people and can’t remember how I managed before I had this.

Love mine. Couldn't manage without it.

This is like a shopping list. I'm getting ideas for Christmas

Venetian glass roosters! I thought it was a really naff ornament. I now have the one my grandparents had, my step grandmother's, auntie Joan's and my mother has given me hers! Never did I ever think I'd own such things.

A leaf blower and vacuumer.
A kneeler for weeding

Big pants

Well given my mother refuses to age and thinks she’s still a teenager it’s more my grandparents things I have. Magnifying glass to read the small print on things, back scratcher, shoe horn, coasters and last but most importantly massive granny knickers😂

Flat shoes. When did that happen? I was always adamant they were so "old lady' and could not understand why anyone would wear them in a million years

@Ettie

A dark coat specifically for going to funerals!

O yes, I have this too, pretty much an entire funeral outfit, I wear the same thing to every funeral now.

CommanderBurnham:

Corning ware plates and sets. If you come from a south East Asian background, you'll know what I mean.
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That's 'Pyrex' here. I love Pyrex casserole dishes and have some really pretty Arcopal plates I use for every day.

@theinternetmakesmyeyesfeelsick

Yes, and an Ercol display unit thingy with a drop down drinks cabinet!

My Nan had this. Had the whole dining suite

A house in my home town.

Aged 18 I left, thought I would never be back!

@bugaboo218

A proper waterproof sensible coat

Flat hideous, but comfortable shoes

A cake stand and cake server

A cheese board and set of cheese knives

Butter dish and gravy boat

Proper pyjamas instead of short nightshirts and shortie pj sets.

Bone China mugs

😂😂🤣 I read that list and then “and a cuddly toy” popped into my head with that theme tune..now you given me an ear worm just as I am going to bed🤣🤣

A large collection of garments with elastic waistbands.
Children. They're part of the reason for the above.

Here's the worst combination of coasters: glass coasters, on a glass table. What would frequently happen is that I'd be offered a drink, and when I picked up the glass to drink from it, the coaster would come too... only to fall back on the table with a loud CRASH.

@Sidge I too have inherited a Moulinex electric carver!