I only have one left out of the set that I like from my parents’ first marriage.
I have 2 different sized spoons that don’t match the rest. I can’t use either of them, even if it’s the only utensil I need. I also have no idea why I don’t just get rid of them instead of making sad panda face every time I accidentally grab one of them…
I have 3 tablespoons that don’t match the rest of my silverware and I have no idea where they came from. I guess someone brought a spoons to my house? They all offend me and I bury them under all the other spoons to reduce the risk of picking one up.
Like you said, I don’t know why I don’t just throw them out.
We have two forks and two spoons that don’t match the rest. We went on a weekend trip somewhere and forgot to bring utensils. Instead of getting a 30 pack of stuff and have a lot of wasted extras, we found individually priced metal utensils (like 50 cents each). But they are much thinner/flimsier. So now I actively avoid them, but also can’t bear to throw them away.
Put them in a utensil wrap and keep it in the glovebox of your car! Then you don’t have to deal with them, and they’re handy in case of needing them again on a trip.
Legit excellent idea
Because my wife gets mad and ask where her stupid fucking forks are!
All of mine are literally the same as each other lol.
yeah, mine too. if i lose one, im either going to have to throw one of each the other utensils away to keep them even, or get a whole new set.
Lol I’m not quite that extreme but I get it
Lol I’m not quite that extreme but I get it
Throw it out?
my forks are okay but ive got some dodgy spoons
I’ve got some great spoons, but there’s that one spoon that just sucks.
oh yeah there totally are good spoons and bad spoons
For the longest time I had a spoon which literally had sharp edges. I don’t know why I didn’t throw it away. No idea where it is now.
I have a compulsion… At every restaurant I go to, I inspect their fork. Specifically, I check to see if the tines are aligned. If they aren’t, the first thing I do is start bending them so that they are aligned. I do it subconsciously if I’m by myself. But in polite company, often I cover my compulsion by making some sort of joke about being a food blogger or similar.
Why 35 ?
Yes… 40+ for me. A fork with one wonky leg.
Great question! Why any number, really?
I already had mine back in my school days.
One day my wife had enough and threw out all the mismatched cutlery, so now we have everything 100% matched.
I married the right woman.
A matched set has its own problems. For us, the pattern was discontinued right after we got them. Over the years a bunch of spoons disappeared and we needed more serving utensils but there was no way to keep a matched set. So far we mostly do without, but we have to consider the possibility of having to replace the entire set
Yes
Chaotic neutral.
Mine is a butter knife. I had a poor quality and overpriced meal at a restaurant and stole it in revenge. When I got home and started using it I realised that every single thing about that restaurant would always be atrocious and nothing would ever make it OK to eat there.
I started this in toddlerhood lol
It fucking sucks I don’t even know why I just hate it with a passion
Obviously the only sane option here is to keep it in your pocket when you visit a friend, and sneak it into their silverware drawer when they go to the toilet
Wow, I have some friends this would drive literally insane. I’ll have to consider this carefully.
It’s a gift
When I was in undergrad, living in dorm… We used to throw forks at the bulletin board for fun, trying to make them stick. I recommend this as the ultimate fate for your unruly fork.
Got a butter knife that looks the same but weighs nothing. Drives me nuts.
My favorite spoon is made of really low quality aluminum and weighs nothing!
we had an aluminum teaspoon once, don’t know where it went but it’s on the top 10 of my favourite objects.
weighed almost literally nothing and always catched me off guard. i love it.
Trivia. Aluminum was once the most expensive, and thus prestigious metals on the planet. The king of France would dine with aluminum cutlery as a show of opulence.
You (everyone) will hate this entire comment, but my aforementioned favorite aluminum spoon comes from a Czech army surplus cutlery set. I hate the other utensils, but just think how fucking amazing it is that this is a set which belongs together:
Why is the spoon so ornamental and aluminum? Why is the knife steel with a plain plastic handle? Why is the fork so fucking weird (aluminum too, btw)? This is a set for soldiers. Fancy is good and all but why is it so mismatched? So many questions.
This specific picture isn’t mine by the way. I’d never allow a fork that horribly misshapen to live in my house.
Those tines look like they’d be super stabby, no thanks!
Damn you guys are making me doubt my sanity way too much with these posts…
Nah, it’s not with the others.
