Ask the Midwest

896 readers

1 users here now

A place to ask questions to the midwest.social community

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

What is the right plate:family member ratio for a household? (reddthat.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I'm currently decluttering and reducing to get a handle on my home, and I've come to a conundrum of how many plates/bowls/cups/etc do I actually need? I have 2 young kids that we'd prefer not to have to run to the store at 8pm to buy more plates because someone ruined a plate, but very limited cupboard space (small 120-something year old house with a kitchen that was built in the 50s)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I wish I could help you with such a deeply philosophical question. I've lived in a "this is my bowl, there are many like it but this one is mine" house and currently live in a "that's objectively too many bowls" house. When I lived by myself I had a set of 4 for everything but I don't know if that scales well with a family.