Going low always on cups and glasses

37 Comments

Does anyone relate to the more you replace those cups and glasses the more they either go missing or break easily. Ive filled up my cupboard so many times with dear ones and cheap ones. No matter what the price is they still break. Sometimes it the same person and all you want to do is hide your best cup so it doesnt get broken. Glasses seem to just jump out of the cupboard. I know this is not true but it makes you wonder. I have tile floors also which dont help. As soon as they hit the ground theyre gone.

Then there are those cups that take up so much room theres no where to put others. Glasses come in all shapes and sizes too. Then theres those glasses and cups i refuse to buy with either a small bottom or a rounded one ready to tip.

I feel like buying paper cups but they are expensive and build up land fill. Hard plastic is maybe the go but even they break. Give me your experiences please

Posted by Cynthea Jenke, 2nd May 2015

37 Comments

- - mom81879 said
  - 20 Sep 2015
    3:56 pm
I’m the opposite, I’m forever throwing out cups and glasses because my cupboard is always overflowing. It’s like they breed in there or something

- - dannsbuild said
  - 14 Sep 2015
    9:46 pm
We have a glass stealing monster in our house

- - mom70050 said
  - 15 Jun 2015
    2:10 pm
Yes there does seem to be that one person who breaks the cups and glasses! Regarding the jumping out of the cupboard cups/glasses I’ve put one of those non/anti slip mats into that section of the cupboard and the jumps don’t seem to occur any more

- - lepumpkinhead said
  - 15 Jun 2015
    1:21 pm
Lol, I actually have a weakness for the coke glasses, I love them, unfortunately kids and these glasses do not mix. I have had to place my in use glass out of reach and my other glasses are in a high cupboard that only my husband and I can reach, we have not had too many incidences as we have nice plastic ones for the kids.

- - mom118423 said
  - 14 Jun 2015
    8:13 pm
Haha we go tupperware doesn’t break unlike glass

- - christial said
  - 12 Jun 2015
    9:26 am
We actually weirdly don’t have this problem! Although in saying that, everyone has their own cup or mug and that’s the only one we use. It means less clutter, less cups to hit against each other and luckily less breakage.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    11:13 pm
We have a glass burglar in our house! They always go missing.

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Jun 2015
    2:19 pm
my kids are little and so they only use the plastic ones. We don’t usually break cups but wait till the kids get bigger lol. I had a bbq a few weeks ago and my guests broke 2 that night.

- - mom56312 said
  - 31 May 2015
    10:17 pm
we have no full sts left they are all bits and peices. They even seem to break in the dishwasher.
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  01 Jun 2015 , 7:29 am
  Wow even in the dishwasher
- - mom127676 said
  - 28 May 2015
    4:37 pm
Hahaha, yes the offenders in my household are glasses and form one reason forks! Glasses and forks have been disappearing or broken. Personally I think hubby takes the forks to work and leaves them there….. Along with my best Tupperware containers too!

- - blondie said
  - 16 May 2015
    10:51 pm
hmmm…I have to say that I have never had this problem. I have had the same plate/ cup ware for 5 years and the glasses longer than that. My kids only drink out of their character plastic cups. I think it just comes down to people being clumsy and giving children the breakable cups and glasses instead of plastic.

- - mom138374 said
  - 15 May 2015
    10:05 pm
Bamboo cups are nice, there’s a range of eco friendly cups that are not glass or ceramic that could be the answer for you, check out some eco shops online, there’s also etsy which has some interesting custom made cups etc
- mom57522 replied
  
  02 Jun 2015 , 10:13 pm
  I really like the idea of bamboo cups.
- - talwin said
  - 14 May 2015
    2:32 pm
My husband does the breaking and he reckons it only happens to him on Fridays!!!

- - ashblonde said
  - 11 May 2015
    4:17 pm
Yes I have the same problem! Slate tiles in kitchens is not the answer. I’ve learnt my lesson that stacking glasses is not a good idea either.
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  12 May 2015 , 12:25 pm
  Yes stacking them too. I have not thought about that
- - joanne said
  - 05 May 2015
    1:57 pm
my goodness its so true every week something gets smashed on our floors
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  08 May 2015 , 10:55 pm
  Especially on tiled floors. They should make cups and glasses that bounce
- - jenniw said
  - 04 May 2015
    8:48 pm
We go through phases and at the moment we have too many cups and none seem to be breaking!
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  08 May 2015 , 10:56 pm
  We have one of those friends who come around that break them regularly
- - mom125971 said
  - 04 May 2015
    4:33 pm
Yep, I reckon we break a cup/mug at least once a week between us all! We are so clumsy- it’s a bit frustrating!
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  08 May 2015 , 10:57 pm
  I cry when its my favourite cup or glass
- - mom93821 said
  - 03 May 2015
    5:30 am
I always find sturdy plastic glasses and mugs for littlies work well. If they have their own colour coding for glasses and mugs they look after them as they own them!
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  08 May 2015 , 10:59 pm
  Its not the little ones who do the breaking its grown ups
- - BellaB said
  - 02 May 2015
    11:39 pm
Actually, we’ve been pretty lucky and haven’t broken much.
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  08 May 2015 , 10:59 pm
  Touch wood
- - momrie23 said
  - 02 May 2015
    10:57 pm
Lol can you come and break some of mine please, I bought 3sets of dinner sets with coffee cups about 10 years ago :/ am bored with them now, need an excuse to get new ones
- Cynthea Jenke replied
  
  02 May 2015 , 11:42 pm
  A second hand store would love them too