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litlone555
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6/10/2005 1:30 PM
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Meadow Club
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Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
Everyone I know says they never use their good china and it just sits there. MOB says I have to have a china pattern but I think there are other gifts that I would rather put on my registry. Anyone agree?
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Posted 3/18/04 2:24 PM 
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Valentinegirl
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2/14/2004 3:00 PM
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Westbury Manor-A+
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I didnt register for it.
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Posted 3/18/04 2:28 PM
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btrflygrl
Counting My Blessings
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Wedding Date:
3/6/2004 11:30 AM
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Timber Point Country Club
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
when we have our own home, we will be inherting my grandmothers' fine china.....we just registered for everyday dishes that suit our taste
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Posted 3/18/04 2:32 PM
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Jordan
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Wedding Date:
9/3/2004 6:30 PM
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Hamlet Wind Watch
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
Posted by litlone555
Everyone I know says they never use their good china and it just sits there. MOB says I have to have a china pattern but I think there are other gifts that I would rather put on my registry. Anyone agree?
Totally agree - we wound up registering for something that could be used as Formal and/or Informal.
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Posted 3/18/04 2:33 PM
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kpny622
American Idol is FIXED!
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Wedding Date:
6/22/2004 5:00 PM
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CB
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I TOTALLY did not want to register for China. I knew (know) I'd never use it. But everyone who is already married and older said, "in the future when you may want it for holidays, whatever, then you won't have it and you'll have to buy it for yourself and it's expensive - so let people get it for you now." Not the worst advice, so we registered for it. Maybe if I ever get a China closet I'll just display it!
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Posted 3/18/04 2:34 PM
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Xelindrya
Goodbye Sparky-love you
Member since 7/03 7862 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/23/2004 11:30 AM
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Stewart Manor Ctry Club
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We didnt register for China.
Just for us we thought it was stupid. We couldnt see us using fine China in our apt (when and if we get an apt) nor do we see ourselves worrying over that type of plateware. We did register for nice new set of plates. But nothing like China.
Same goes for Crystal & Flatware.
We like to change things up and couldnt imagine wasting that much money on something we'll change later. Then the expensive stuff just wastes away and gets dusty in a box.
We rather have a functional and strudy teapot than a fancy dancy decorated one.
That's just us tho.
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Posted 3/18/04 2:34 PM
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diamondgrlie
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Wedding Date:
6/3/2005 3:00 PM
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Woodbury Country Club - A+
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
Yes I agree but I would like to get everyday china.
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Posted 3/18/04 2:39 PM
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jar823
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Wedding Date:
5/14/2004 6:30 PM
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Majestic Gardens
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We did not register for fine china
We registered for casual china (which is fancy and we will use when company comes over) We've lived together for 4 years, so we already have everyday dishes
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Posted 3/18/04 2:40 PM
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dm24angel
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Wedding Date:
3/11/2005 5:00 PM
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Water Mill
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I didnt see myself doing it either, refused to but I saw a post on here of some that could pass as formal as well as casual...mikasa china...so I registered for it, I like that it comes with nugs and not saucers....
something like this may be what you want , they have a lot like this, semi-formal if ya look around, I will use this for holidays and my everyday for well..everyday...
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Posted 3/18/04 2:41 PM
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brideinapril
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4/17/2004 3:00 PM
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Rockhill in Manorville
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We didn't register for china.
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Posted 3/18/04 2:41 PM
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nsgraham
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Wedding Date:
5/30/2004 11:00 AM
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Huntington Townhouse
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I was in this boat too, and then I realized that I do want a family down the road though, and i plan on getting a house eventually, and I will want China for large family holiday dinners and stuff. We won't always be the young kids going over to other people's places - in like 10 years people will be coming over to us. So I found a set that wasn't that expensive and went for it.
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Posted 3/18/04 2:41 PM
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exotica776
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11/11/2005 7:00 PM
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jericho terrace
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We didnt register for china either... first of all, we know we would rarely use it, second, we need EVERYTHING, so i would rather get tons of stuff for everyday rather than several place settings that cost $$$.
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Posted 3/18/04 3:24 PM
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NYCHICK
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9/5/2004 12:00 AM
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I inly registered for it cause FH said we should register for something, but it is really a ridiculous thing....
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Posted 3/18/04 3:25 PM
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TwoBugs
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9/4/2004 12:00 AM
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We just aren't fine china people, and we probably never will be. It's so pretty, but so useless in our household.
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Posted 3/18/04 3:28 PM
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fallinlove04
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10/23/2004 12:00 AM
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Fox Hollow
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
i came from a family that did use china for holidays and when we have guests over. my fiance and i love to cook together and when we have guests we decided that we would use it.
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Posted 3/18/04 3:31 PM
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tracyg
It's A Sickness!
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5/9/2004 12:00 PM
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
Posted by fallinlove04
i came from a family that did use china for holidays and when we have guests over. my fiance and i love to cook together and when we have guests we decided that we would use it.
same here. My mom ALWAYS used her china for holidays and i always loved it. I'd like to carry on that tradition. But we registered for an inexpensive set too, so it won't seem TOO frivolous.
and we are also big cookers... i cooked xmas dinner this past year and i loved it.
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Posted 3/18/04 3:41 PM
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GoingNutty
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11/18/2005 5:00 PM
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We didn't register for China- neither of us had a desire for it or see a point in having thousands of dollars worth of dishes that rarely get used... But we did get everyday dishes (Correlle) and a "nicer" set of dishes for company (Pfaltzgraff)... For the two sets together it was probably less than half of what China would have cost!
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Posted 3/18/04 3:46 PM
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LIPrincess00
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Wedding Date:
10/3/2004 12:30 PM
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The Meadow Club
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I am getting my moms christmas china so I really didnt want to register for china and didnt. I feel it will just take up room that I really dont have right now.
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Posted 3/18/04 3:46 PM
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dkwife
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9/11/2004 7:00 PM
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The Bourne Mansion
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
We didn't register for it either... We are getting his mother's china instead...
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Posted 3/18/04 3:57 PM
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jennyhet
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2/21/2004 6:00 PM
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Wyndham Wind Watch
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
I didn't want to register for it, but my Mother-in-law insisted on me registering. So I did--and at my bridal shower, she gave me every single setting and all the extras. It was an extremely generous gift, but I know it is going to sit in my closet FOREVER!!  
We don't even have a china cabinet as we live in an apartment--haha!!
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Posted 3/18/04 5:33 PM
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tourist
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10/9/2004 4:00 PM
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Milleridge Carriage House
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
Posted by nsgraham
I was in this boat too, and then I realized that I do want a family down the road though, and i plan on getting a house eventually, and I will want China for large family holiday dinners and stuff. We won't always be the young kids going over to other people's places - in like 10 years people will be coming over to us. So I found a set that wasn't that expensive and went for it.
my thought exactly!! and we ended up withthe same set- Imagine that.
I love my casual dishes, but htey might be faded &scartched by the tiem I can afford a home large enough to host holidays!
I have a big-ish family, who was bugging me to register, so I figured why not put both, so at least we'll have it, but its totally not neccessary.
My grandma already bought me 4 sets of the fancy & my FIls 3 serving peices ( for engagement prsents), b/c they wanted to get us something substantial & traditional, so I'm glad I registered for it.
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Posted 3/18/04 5:43 PM
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heidla
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Member since 10/02 5901 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/28/2004 7:00 PM
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
If you don't want to register for it then don't. We already have a very nice set of fine China that was my grandmother's and I can say that we have never used it.
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Posted 3/18/04 5:46 PM
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litlone555
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Wedding Date:
6/10/2005 1:30 PM
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Meadow Club
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Re: Does anyone elso think ordering china is pointless?
Thanks for athe advise I was just telling my mom that people agreed w/me and she gave the usual "then you'll never have it". We still have time to decide but I thing cheaper everyday china is much more reasonable then dished that cost a fortune and come out of the closet 3 times a year.
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Posted 3/18/04 7:22 PM
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