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This guy is one of the best to ever play magic the gathering
I get this. I have bowls that I don't like, but also I haven't seen any that I do seriously like enough to buy. In the grand scheme of things, it's a cheap way to make the spouse happy. Especially if they moved in and your already had the bowls. It lets them put their touch on their home.
A lot of things I have are functional, but never truly what I wanted. Maybe the size is just a bit off for how much I eat, or the way the bowl is shaped makes it slosh too much.
I think I have 3 or 4 sets of bowls now. Though I don't think I've paid for any. Some were left by the previous owner, others were a gift bought super cheap/used and were from the Disneyland hotel (I worked at Disney and we got access to buy what the company used in their restaurant for like $0.50/bowl), and another set my fiance brought when she moved in.
Otherwise I like to shop estate sales, garage sales, and thrift stores. I almost bought a set of retro 1950s bowls from a neighbors garage sale last month. Decided I didn't need another set though.
Yay, normalized over-consumerism disguised as marital quirks!
I am like this and I am not sure if I am broken or what. Shit staying the way it is is 100% fine for me - as long as it's practical, idc. But my partner needs to shake things up every once in a while or she feels bad. x_x
I'm glad they're like that. My place was literally pic related until she showed up.
Place looks the same to me now, functionally, but also its a "home" too now, so thats nice.
And now you're poorer the cost of the new bowls to replace the perfectly good older ones because your wife isn't happy when she's not actively consooming. Repeat in six months to a year to feed the bottomless pit of human desire.
I'm just imagining this guy shrugging every time his wife talks to him ๐
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I really don't mind the appearance of either set, but I'm not a fan of the way that the new ones break in the dish washer. Ceramic shards are sharp and the mechanical repairs are expensive. Not to mention replacing the full set of these fragile bowls every 6 months.
Sincerely,
someone who purchased bowls 30 years ago and discovered that modern craftsmanship is subpar.
THEY BREAK IN THE DISHWASHER?
And the dust is fine enough to go through the dish washer filter. It's truly annoying
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Where the hell are you buying bowls?
I think the set was from sears? I dunno, we're back to the old set until my partner finds another design worth swapping to.
Edit: it was target
I'm concerned when you say the new ones were from Sears. Sears closed in 2005....
They still have an online store
Edit: and also 5 physical stores, apparently. Neat
Order a set of corelle and call it a day until you find the bougie set they want to keep in a cabinet while you keep eating off the corelle
Aiyaa.
I found that Corell dishware is still as good today as ot was 40 years ago. Excellent stuff, light and tough. But when it does break, it breaks hard.
Although it has been a while since I bought some.
How to alienate your spouse in 2 steps by not caring? Strange internet humor...
I didn't read that into it. I read it as the person not particularly caring about the bowls, but caring that his wife is happy so in with the new bowls. I assume it's condensed and that the person is not just literally shrugging and not reacting otherwise, though.
Sometimes the thing she wants requires effort though.
"Are you going to help me?"
Despite not once thinking about a perfectly fine room color being over a year old.
In this case it's always better to just go along with it. Your partner will be happier, you will be happy that they are happy and overall they are likely right that changing the wall colour is a good idea. If you push back you are likely going to both end up unhappy, not to say you should always just roll over and do what your partner says, but when they ask if you are going to help, that's your opening to come up with another possible suggestion.
I miss Basic Four.
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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