You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?

[pegkerr]

Fiona broke the first plate of the new china today.

"It's not my fault! It just fell off the counter!"

Yeah, right. I'm sure it took a swan dive onto the floor, all on its own.

Comments

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

The suicide rate of dishware is remarkably high in my house too :(

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

When I was 11, I had a force field around me that broke things. It was horrible. Sometimes I forget it's not still there.

[maribou]

Sometimes mine comes back. Though luckily I was/am only afflicted with the lesser making-stuff-fall-down version, which doesn't always lead to breakage.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine says you don't *buy* crockery, you just rent it. Sigh.

[tinymich.livejournal.com]

This is why, in my home growing up, the vast majority of the "china" was made either out of plastic, enameled tin, or melamine (except the CorningWare, which they generally kept far away from us -- and which, I discovered at a young age, could actually survive not-too-major slips and drops without shattering). You are a braver woman than my mother was.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Consider it usage tax. I think it's worth it.

B

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

My mom used to say, "You can have nice things, or you can have children." She had six of the latter. We only saw the good dishes on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

And I bet Fiona feels really bad about it, and will be more careful to catch the next plate that decides to take a swan dive.

[kate_nepveu]

It took me less than a month to drop one of our wedding-gift dishes (the everyday stuff, not the fancy china). I was washing a plate and it just leaped right out of my hand--and *bounced*, edge-on, off the corner of the sink.

There's a little chip out of the edge there but that's all. Tough stuff, for which I am grateful.

[arian1.livejournal.com]

I smell conspiracy. I can't believe in the magic single dish theory.


Back...and to the left. Back...and to the left.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Little known fact: dishware has little teeny feet, and scuttles around when you're not looking.

[(Anonymous)]

www.replacements.com has hundreds of china patterns (new and old) that are available to buy. You can buy just one plate or a whole set.
(works great for replacing suicidal plates)

[fourleftxaviers.livejournal.com]

I vote you go easy on her. Nothing breaks itself quite like good china. *g*