Ugh, I hate eating ice cream with the wrong spoon.
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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there's a fork in our house, used to be part of a 4 piece set but the other 3 vanished at some point, that's just a fork head mounted on a rounded black plastic handle. over the years this fork's handle has become viscerally upsetting to hold as it deforms and bubbles from having sat too long in dishwater. i hate it. i wish it to be gone from our silverware collection like its ilk. i will literally go to the thrift store and pick up several all-metal pieces to replace it, just let me get rid of this one.
i will literally go to the thrift store and pick up several all-metal pieces to replace it, just let me get rid of this one.
Do it. Maybe keep it in your room for a while if you live with your parents and they’re likely to notice and/or care, but if you live with roommates or a partner, you’re just doing maintenance by updating warped, damaged cutlery (unless they’re emotionally attached to this fork, but then just keep it as their personal fork).
It doesn’t have to be a secret, either, unless you live with unreasonable people.
i promise you my partner's family is very reasonable, we just have issues with coordinating transport.
also we were literally just at the thrift store the other day and i completely forgot to look at forks, although i nearly picked up a fruit bowl/banana hook thing but partner's mom eventually put it back.
Ah, I did not consider living with a partner’s family, that would probably make me more hesitant to replace things without checking first.
i don't have a bad spoon drawer but now i realize i probably should have one. or get rid of ~~all~~ most of my current ones which are an unmatched Hodge podge of accumulated one-offs.
luckily the arms race between my typical ice cream's defense and spoons' offense has maintained an balance thus far.
Other uses: stirring the honey into my mint tea! Measuring cocoa powder! Basically anything where I can reasonably chuck it in the sink instead of using it to carry food to my mouth.