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

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Coasters. Oh the shame!!!!

@user1493413286

Does a national trust membership count? I thought that was the epitome of being old and boring when I was a teen and now here I am with one

Ha ha. I asked for life membership for my 40th birthday. I love it.

A magimix and tablecloths.

To those saving your dinner set (or anything else) for a special occasion, please just get it out and use it and enjoy it.

We've just cleared PIL's house. Auction houses not interested - everything was either too old or not old enough. Could barely get charities to take her china, crystal, silver, and furniture stuff away for free. Thank goodness my MIL never knew.

Not sure I've forgiven my mum and dad for getting rid of their Ercol sofa, instead of having it repaired. We got it when my sister was a newborn. She's 37 now. We grew up
On that sofa.

Enamel dishes, plates, roasting tins - in all colours. I blooming well love them now

Oh and geraniums!

@musicposy

I don’t own, but along a similar vein I used to tell my mum her 60s sideboard was hideously ugly and out of date and she should replace it. Likewise the built in wooden kitchen cupboards.

Now I think they are high quality retro chic and am envious!

At 70+ I realise that everything comes round again!, did I see white shiny knee-high boots a couple of years ago? Many times I see things and remember having it in the 60s, 70s 80s, seriously miss all my lovely Indian cotton stuff from Med living days, especially this last Summer. I always thought that my mothers big mixing bowl was hideous, it was an old Mason, I'd love it now.

@wanderings

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!

The coaster thing happened to me, a couple of hours ago on a wooden table. I love glass coasters though.

I now own china that stays in the hutch and is never used. Mother had a set of Noritake no one remembers seeing on the table. My sister in law andI plan to consign it when the crisis is over.

Comfortable shoes

I had a lovely pair of Edwardian style heel boots from hotter. I'm 39!

@Geppetto

A radio in the kitchen permanently tuned to Radio 4.

What else would it be tuned to? How would we know when Stir-up Sunday and Open Farm Sunday were happening, or not this year.

A pressure cooker. I used to be scared of Mom's. Now I have an Instant Pot and I love it. It doesn't scare me at all.

Not my parents but my mum. Big knickers. I mean it's a right of passage isn't it?

A teapot 😮

Shed
Butter dish
Knickers instead of thongs
Hot water bottle

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A boot brush/scraper. Technically I don't own one yet, but it's on my Christmas list

Proper napkins and napkin rings. I just bought some for Christmas day.

A Mouli purée maker, also a rotary cheese grater!. Also my stepdads moulinex electric hand whisk/ beater thing. All still going strong after 50 years.

Oh yes ! To big pants, slippers and bum covering jumpers !

Another vote for a shopping trolley.

And now I find myself basing biscuit selections not on the biscuits themselves - but on their practical usefulness of the tin they come in. I've drifted into my grandmother's world of random tins for random things.

A bus pass. I love it!

Big knickers
Vests
A subscription to Saga magazine
Varifocals
Elastic-waisted trousers

And next week I'm going to be choosing and ordering my first "granny chair", an electrically operated recliner. They look very "care home-ish" but I'm past caring about that, I just need something comfy that doesn't make my backache worse.

@RB68 Ercol is collectible so it might be worth looking on eBay etc for an idea of what it's worth.