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How are you guys living? I dont use any fancy glassware and I break/chip a glass like once in a decade..

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Lively cats and wooden floorboards are a terrible combination as far as glasswear is concerned

I've lost at least a dozen pieces of glassware exactly this way. :(

Taking "Let me just toss these dishes in the dishwasher real quick" literally.

I was astonished when I witnessed an acquaintance cycle his dishwasher. He would throw the clean ones out of the dishwasher onto the stone counter, getting air and a loud crashing sound out of each plate and glass, before doing it again into the cabinets. The dirties would rebound off the flexible plastic of the dish rack and smash into one another as he’d throw them in.

This same acquaintance was surprised to learn that my household doesn’t consume an entire roll of toilet paper each and every day.

Amazing what we take for granted about others’ basic habits of living, in life as in tech…

I’d hate to see how their knives are washed

Cut a few fresh sponges across the blade, then give the blade a couple bounces off the stone counter to make sure it's got that clean ring to it.

EDIT: but he's skeptical of all the hype around sharp knives. He finds his butter knives work almost as well.

At least they were dried with a large quantity of toilet paper

Used to have rubber flooring. Didn’t break any for like 9 years. Moved to ceramic tile. Broke 3-4 glasses and plates a year.

I don’t think I’ve dropped a glass or plate on my slate floor the entire time I’ve lived at my house - 10 years now. I think my wife maybe has once or twice.

Ya’ll are clumsy.

> Ya’ll are clumsy.

So are you, in the future… if you’re lucky enough to stick around. ;)

How many kids do you have and old are they?

Two. One is almost 3 and the other is a baby.

The toddler somehow hasn't broken anything yet other than an entire carton of eggs once, which was so hilarious it was worth it. I assume the other people commenting though aren't children ;)

Tight kitchens and lots of people working rapidly drops lots of stuff.

I don't break them but I have 5 kids. Perhaps one of the downsides of trusting them with most of the kitchen chores at a young age. It's annoying they have chipped all my favorite coffee cups too.

Maybe they have hearty toasting of drinks frequently?

I'm just clumsy. Occasionally drop glasses when taking them out of the cupboard. All the ones I've broken are ceramic, though.

P.S. I've been a klutz since before you were born. Apparently it's not something I'll grow out of :(

Tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids ;)

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