This was so thoughtful, Bailey. And I wholeheartedly agree. It also makes us, I think, a little more human to learn to go with it: dog paw stains on our “nice” pants (me currently), pilling on our “nice” sweaters from wearing the around the house, or scruffs on “nice” shoes from walking. A reminder that’s it ok :)
This is such an interesting perspective. I always relayed the “saving the nice things” as a “keeping up with the jones” mentality. I grew up on a low income home where our nice clothes has to last so we only wore them out when people “who mattered” would see them. I’ve also assumed (with zero evidence or research) that saving nice dinnerwear is a hold over from historical periods where hosting and dinner parties were the norm (thinking downtown abbey all the way to mad men). So again people would keep their nice china and wedding gifts just for showing off/giving a nice experience to guests. Because of my lifestyle, I don’t do that with clothes or dishes, I love using the nice stuff and have the confidence that when things get ratty I’ll be able to replace them (hopefully buying better will ward that off a bit longer). But I do like to keep “nicer” linens and towels tucked away just for guests that my little fam doesn’t use in our rotation )unless we get super behind on laundry!).
All in all, totally agree with you. Let’s use our beautiful thing and enjoy them everyday. Didon is right, today is all we’ve got.
This was so thoughtful, Bailey. And I wholeheartedly agree. It also makes us, I think, a little more human to learn to go with it: dog paw stains on our “nice” pants (me currently), pilling on our “nice” sweaters from wearing the around the house, or scruffs on “nice” shoes from walking. A reminder that’s it ok :)
Also, I want a pic of the Max Mara coat!!!
Yesss! I love that “a little more human”
This is such an interesting perspective. I always relayed the “saving the nice things” as a “keeping up with the jones” mentality. I grew up on a low income home where our nice clothes has to last so we only wore them out when people “who mattered” would see them. I’ve also assumed (with zero evidence or research) that saving nice dinnerwear is a hold over from historical periods where hosting and dinner parties were the norm (thinking downtown abbey all the way to mad men). So again people would keep their nice china and wedding gifts just for showing off/giving a nice experience to guests. Because of my lifestyle, I don’t do that with clothes or dishes, I love using the nice stuff and have the confidence that when things get ratty I’ll be able to replace them (hopefully buying better will ward that off a bit longer). But I do like to keep “nicer” linens and towels tucked away just for guests that my little fam doesn’t use in our rotation )unless we get super behind on laundry!).
All in all, totally agree with you. Let’s use our beautiful thing and enjoy them everyday. Didon is right, today is all we’ve got.