On 2020-05-02 2:44 p.m., jmcquown wrote:

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> I get what you're saying.Â* I mostly don't use the other dinnerware I
> have.Â* I honestly don't know why my mother had so many sets of
> dinnerware.Â* It's not as if she entertained or had big family dinners. I
> gladly gave my oldest brother the Noritake bamboo pattern china after
> she died. No one wanted what we grew up with as her everyday Desert Rose
> Franciscan ware so it's in the kitchen cabinet.Â* Then there is her
> "good" china that no one ever saw except on holidays.Â* Oh well.Â* I use
> the stuff I bought.Â* I like the simple lattice pattern.
>
> Jill

I have Corelle plates and cereal bowls that are for daily use. Most of
them are at least 40years old.
For "best", i.e., for dinner parties, I have a Thomas dinner service
that my Dad bought for me as a wedding present almost 50 years ago. I
kept it when dividing property during my divorce.