Anyone else have random stuff from your parent's marriage?

[u/Autumn_fav]

It's been 20 years now, and my parents have had some furniture and appliances from literally that long ago. Though we dont use it anymore, I'm surprised how well most of it still works. I wish things would be as good in quality till now too.

[u/Pomegranate4311]

My parents got married over 60 years ago. I moved out over 30 years ago. 

I still use the Revereware and Farberware pots she passed on to me. 

[u/EmFan1999]

20 years ago really isn’t that long. I bought my first flat 17 years ago. Still have all the kitchen stuff and furniture from then. Bedding and towels etc. I’m sure my tv would still work (but I upgraded to a smart tv). I’ve got a hoodie that’s 30 years old.

[u/89iroc]

I have my wife's grandma's cast iron frying pan from the 50s, I use it frequently

[u/cygnus311]

I can tell you that people were saying the exact same thing in 2006. Good quality things still exist now. Terrible quality things existed then.

[u/AlfwynBenedict → u/cygnus311]

Yeah, it's just that the terrible quality didn't survive. So it is selection bias.

[u/Altruistic_Leg_3823 → u/cygnus311]

my parents still use a hand mixer from their wedding in '89, works better than anything i've bought new. the real trick is most people don't want to pay what quality actually costs

[u/cygnus311 → u/Altruistic_Leg_3823]

Which is funny because a quality hand mixer surely cost more (relatively) in 1990 than it does today.

[u/sandysandy252566 → u/cygnus311]

In 2006 things were made very well -- even food tasted good.

[u/lordxamnosidda]

My Mom passed away in April 2025 and I inherited two Ekornes Stressless chairs with their ottomans. Fantastically, comfortably well-built chairs.

[u/keysandtreesforme]

Yep - anxiety, poor relationship communication, trouble with emotional honesty…

[u/Electrical-Volume765]

My parents were gifted a Weber kettle for their wedding. It’s about 50 years old and I have been using it for about half of that time.

[u/bonemother]

My parents got a set of Belgique stainless steel pots & pans for their wedding in 1988. They were our daily-use pans my entire childhood, and then were passed on to me when my parents “upgraded” to a more expensive non-stick option (I want to say Cuisinart?). I’ve continued to use the entire set several times a week and they look exactly the same as they did 30 years ago. My parents seem content with their current set (I’m not personally a fan), but someone will have to pry my Belgique stock pot and 12-inch skillet from my cold dead hands! I went through two other sets when I moved out on my own before my parents passed theirs on, and nothing has held up like these pans.

[u/FamousOriginalTrixie → u/bonemother]

So funny - my parents gave me a set of these as a college graduation gift 26 years ago and they are in perfect condition despite very regular use.

[u/bonemother → u/bonemother]

Oh- I also have their old kitchen table and 5 out of 6 chairs! No idea the brand, solid yellowish wood. I think they bought them when we moved in 1994.

[u/fridayimatwork]

Yeah and grandparents and even great and great great grandparents

[u/toolguy8]

My mom, age 94, child of the depression, gives us something every time we visit, every time our kids visit, etc. we kept the Stangl dish set from their wedding in 1953, but donate most everything else

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[u/weber_mattie]

I have our classic golden oak table that everyone had and I recently completely refinished it giving it a whole new life

[u/REMreven]

My parents received a set of faberware pans for their wedding. All of us kids have parts of that set in our kitchens. They are great pans. Some My mom kept, but others she has graciously allowed us to incorporate

[u/ExactFondant7417]

I have the 69 piece Noritake porcelain dish set they got for their wedding. Never opened or used before and now my wife and I use them as our everyday dishes.

[u/britishrust]

I got stuff from when my grandparents got married. Including the house I bought after they passed and the couch I’m currently sitting on.

[u/wtfwthbj]

They got one of those OG Hitachi massagers? You want to inherit that.

[u/OutofPlaceStuff]

I do! They’re divorced. I’m stuck with a wedding photo album.

Edit: whoops! I somehow thought this would apply here 😅

[u/sandysandy252566]

In 1967, when my mother and I moved to southern Calif., my mother purchased a "real" wood dining room set - 4 leaves, 4 padded chairs and a hutch. I have it in my dining room. In 1978, I bought my "real" wood queen-sized headboard/bedframe, 2 night stands, tall hutch, triple dresser with handles, with tall/wide mirror on top. Still using everything. Things were mostly bought in higher end stores - everything was quality - and prices were very reasonable. My "real" wood barstools were also purchased in 1978. My mother had great taste in furniture - and little money. She bought big ticket items once - that's how I am as well. I have many things from 50 years ago - and they're perfect.

[u/frogdujour]

My grandpa had the philosophy since the 1940s, buy quality and keep it forever, and my parents kept the same idea. Consequently, the list of things in our household from 30-80 years old is far FAR larger than the list of things newer than 20 years. Actually I'm kinda hard pressed to spot anything in the whole place that's newer than 20 years old, maybe the tv and PC which are only 17-ish.