Wedding gift longevity

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In October my wife and I marked 40 years of marriage. I decided to take note of the things we received as wedding gifts that are still in use.

Drinking glasses; we still have five from a set of eight and use them daily.
7 pc kitchen knife set, though two are now lost.
Toaster. I’m told a forty year old toaster is amazing. I really should clean out the crumbs someday.
Electric teflon frying pan. Not in regular use but still works and is still non-stick.

What sort of household artifacts from the dim and distant past are you still able to use regularly?
 
The oldest thing that I currently use is a comb that my mother gave me about 50 years ago when I grew my hair long. It’s a perfectly ordinary plastic comb that came with the DuPont logo, so it was probably made in the USA. Bits of it have broken off over the years, but there’s enough left to comb what’s left of my hair!

Sorry, that was slightly off topic! I have to ask Esposa Fabulosa when she gets home about the wedding gifts, as my forgetter is working good today.

Edited to add: from our wedding 29+ years ago, we have a hanging pottery lantern. When candlelit, it projects hearts and floral figures on walls and ceiling. Very romantic!
 
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My “oldest” stuff is my set of Corningware that my mother got when she got married.
 
I have a metal colander that I got as a shower gift 33 years ago. I do have my mom’s copper bottom Revereware set that she got in 1945. It is indestructible! I use them everyday.
 
I’ll bet the revereware is worth something to a collector
 
I always pick up Revereware at Goodwill or whenever because I know how much the new (not as well made) stuff goes for. My kids all will get them as needed.
 
After almost 33 years, we still have the same bedroom set my husband and I bought for ourselves as a wedding gift (my parents bought us a set of living room furniture, my in-laws bought us a dining room table and six chairs and both of those sets have been replaced at least once over the years). I can’t remember if we got it from Montgomery Ward or Levitz Furniture, but over the last few years we’ve talked about replacing it then said, “Why?” The dresser still holds clothing quite well, the bed and nightstand still work, it still looks good… why spend the money?

As far as other household gifts, we still have a set of knives my brother-in-law gave us; we have the carved wooden crucifix my in-laws gave us; and I still have a West Bend slow cooker we got from a cousin that I doubt I will ever find a replacement for… it’s small, it’s got a non-stick interior, the cord detaches from the base, and the oblong cooker itself just sits on the base and can be taken off to put on the table without the cooker base. I have not been able to find another one like it anywhere. It used to be perfect for cooking a small meal for two, now I bring it out for get-togethers where I make chile con queso and put it in there to keep warm!
 
LOL! I thought I would be the only one to remember the jingle! I really miss Levitz, they had such great quality furniture… maybe that’s another reason I haven’t replaced the bedroom set!
 
I don’t know whether that was a store that was nationwide or not, but we had then in NY when I lived there.

And Crazy Eddie, “His prices are insane!! “
 
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We had a Levitz in El Paso, TX… that was my hometown and where we got married. We lived in Alamogordo, NM after the wedding. Never heard of Crazy Eddie, but a car dealership in El Paso, Horn Nissan, had “Crazy Rick” who was so annoying, especially his tagline (“Open Sundays after chur-urch!” in a nasally, sing-song manner), that he actually started to get threats!
 
I am very impressed that you still have the drinking glasses! I don’t have any of my original drinking glasses.

23 years.

I have my pots and pans.

Some utensils, ladle spatula etc.

I do have wine glasses that are mostly all in good condition.

Some vases and trays

My good china and glasses and flatware.

No appliances. Certainly not the toaster. But my mom had her iron for decades.

I also have some things from my mom. Those are 50 plus years old.
 
I remember those commercials.

I don’t remember if we ever went to buy anything there.
 
We used to shop at Korvettes (I think that was the spelling). It was sort of like a K-mart type store with a bit of everything, clothing, appliances, toys, even a pet section.

I don’t remember if it was a chain store or not.
 
My mom worked at Korvettes! I believe it was a small chain. Yes, it had a little bit of everything!
 
I have a set of french glasses from my parents wedding.

I have a mason jar of homemade maple syrup my grandfather made as a child with his parent’s back in the 40’s. He assured me it was still good and I could eat it before he died in 2016, I have not cracked the seal yet.

The oldest thing here that’s still in use is the furnace my great grandfather put in this house in the 1950’s.

I was married 5 years ago, we still have everything except a vase that broke.
 
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I wonder if he thought maple syrup was like wine, better with age? 😉 I would never open it, it is more special just as an heirloom.
 
I don’t think I will open it ever. I think he might be right though, its just concentrated sap it wouldn’t go rancid and if it molded you could boil it to kill the mold. But still not going to eat it!
 
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