http://alynwa.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] alynwa.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] section7mfu2014-01-04 05:23 pm
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Writer's Choice: The Good Stuff

The Good Stuff

Why I Like It:  I wrote this Picfic tale to illustrate the difference in thinking between the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers.  Every mother of all my friends had "special company" items, dishes, glasses and in one instance, a ROOM that was for company only.  This is my response to that nonsense.

The link goes to AO3.

[identity profile] mrua7.livejournal.com 2014-01-04 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah my beautiful Russian tea set immortalized. Loved this story! Sadly I grew up with things that were never to rarely used, and that has influenced me somewhat. The last time I used the unusable, crystal stemware, several pieces were broken and can never be replaced...so that's the sad part of using what's special...there's always the risk. sigh...

[identity profile] franciskerst.livejournal.com 2014-01-05 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
I grew up among people (and not especially wealthy people) who all had two special rooms for hosting their guests: the lounge and the dinner room, while the family life usually took place in the kitchen! (a very large kitchen, often the main room in the house). Of course this was in the countryside, where the most ordinary houses (I mean, for the "not-rich-not-poor") were large and there was no lack of space. In Paris of course, even having a specific place where to have your meal ouside the kitchen or the living room was a luxury and a mark of wealth. Even now I have, from my "ancestors", much, much more "never-to-be-used" crystal and china ware than useful and used dishes and glasses. Everytime I use a piece, I break it! So the stock is slowly diminishing.

[identity profile] franciskerst.livejournal.com 2014-01-05 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes but I don't like much using those things because I feel they still belong to my aunts, grand-parents and other passed away members of my family. That's stupid because where they are now they certainly don't care about china and crystal or furniture. Anyway the furniture has been burned by a fire years ago and I or others have broken almost all the old crystal glasses. Your aunt Amy was right; I'm not.

[identity profile] kleenexwoman.livejournal.com 2014-01-06 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hah, very different generations...My mom got some very nice china and suchlike when she married, and my dad insisted that we only use it for holidays, but then decided that each holiday ranked paper plates and plastic forks (we have large families with small children). When they divorced, Mom kept the "good stuff" and used it each Friday for takeout pizza night. I've drunk Faygo from crystal goblets.
Edited 2014-01-06 05:28 (UTC)