Why granny so jacked though?

Buy it and use it. It's fun kitch, don't let it collect dust. If it breaks, no worries, lots of it around.

Tastes change. As Millennials get older, have kids, buy large houses, they'll want to fill them. All it'll take is a couple of social media influences to bring back such kitch. I can't believe that redneck beards have been in vogue for so long, but they came back from the slimy grave of the 70s.

Actually, i wish i had something from my grandparents. I found my grandfathers dvds in a second hand store.

Throw a giant kitch party!

What's the problem? Just do with those what you did to the dishes when the babysitter died.

Ok I am an outlier here but honestly I kinda like stuff like that. I'm not gonna pretend it's worth a million dollars (like they would be cool with you selling it anyway) but real China is actually really pretty and sturdy if you take care of it and has a lot of neat little pieces of history and stories related to it. I like antiques and the look of old stuff.

However

My mom once tried to give us old pilsner glasses, and the story was "Grandpa bought them and didn't like them so they've been in this cupboard since then", and then got really disappointed when I was seeing if a friend of mine wanted one since he's a real beer guy who might like fancy glasses.

So yeah if you already have plates, and your family history isn't as great or interesting to you, don't feel obligated to keep stuff you don't like. Donate it (to anything other than goodwill or salvation army) or whatever.

Been there. I inherited my maternal grandfather's machinist toolbox. Had exactly one micrometer and two leveling blocks. The box itself was worth more. Old wooden kennedy. Wound up hockin it for gas money a couple years after getting it

no one under 50 gives a rat's ass about great grandma's "look at me i'm victorian high society" china cabinet. when i managed an antique store we had more old people coming in trying to sell their shit than we had anyone coming in to buy. went out of business because antiques are dead for the next who knows how many generations

Oh gawd, don't remind me. My mom already tried selling it and couldn't find anyone to buy it. Of course, she blames kids these days for not valuing her obviously valuable collection...

My mom has 3 different china cabinets and more glasses than the royal family. We only use the ones in the kitchen and maybe 4 in the new years.

The other day she said ahe would sell one of the sets, a very old time like tea set, but see that set was the last gift my granpa gave my grandma before he died and they are both gone...and my mom is getting older... and I had a anxiety attack thinking that she would get rid of that and started crying.

I think stuff Is just stuff, but idk man, it did hurt. Boy I'll have a bad time the day i have to get rid of those fucking glasses.

My family moved my grandam out. So much glassware that they thought was going to be worth gold since its "local made back when this town meant something an had an industry and hard working people". Probably had a dozen different sets. I don't have the heart to tell her no one wants sets of old ass cups made in hick-town USA even if they are nice. Only took a few for memories.

Not to mention all my dads old toys they held onto thinking some one was going to make bank selling them. Just a trash heap unless you got someone who wants to make it there life's work selling smelly toys on ebay. The top we priced out was worth $60 minus the dry-rotting in a basement for 60ish years.

Hell, I got glassware from the house I moved into they just left behind and I can't get rid of it. May just leave it for the next sucker.

When my mother dies and I have to deal with all her crystal, I’ll get roaring drunk and spend the night smashing those useless fucking things in the fire, cackling like a madman. I fucking hated looking at all that money spent on utterly worthless sparkly shit.

My grandad labelled all his tat with little coloured stickers. After he died, his children went round peeling most of their own stickers off so they wouldn't get lumbered with it.

Nobody really wants a bunch of nicotine stained nick-knacks. Most of it ended up at the charity shop.

and never use

These teacups are much more charming than stacks of mass-produced printed mugs.

On the other hand, Grandma, you'd better not know that I'll be washing them in the dishwasher on a daily basis.

What, the cabinet?

I go all out for Halloween. I've learned it's cheaper to buy Garage sale/thrift store stuff like this for creepy decorations, than it is to get stuff from Halloween stores or even the dollar store sometimes. I have the coolest "potion" bottles made of old decanters. The massive influx of stuff that came into thrift stores after covid started, was awesome, in the most morbid way.