Are you a scuzzy singleton, an obsessive cleanliness freak or a houseproud entertainer? Your tableware (that’s your plates, cups, knives and forks) can say a lot about you and your life.
The Scuzzy Singleton:
Generally they live on their own, although it is quite common to find several of these types sharing a communal property. Their tableware is characteristically piled high in the kitchen sink waiting to be washed. Tea and coffee cups are all stained a horrible shade of brown acting as a deterrent towards anyone who might be inclined to accept the offer of a tea or coffee. Nothing matches anything else. Ceramic cups, mugs and plates will often be chipped or cracked and the knives and forks will tend to be bent after having been used to change the tyres on their bicycles.
The Obsessive Cleanliness Freak:
Often characterised by a combination of plain white and stainless steel tableware. Everything smells of bleach, as if it has been washed in a swimming pool. The kitchen is spotlessly clean, including the inside of the oven, which looks as if it has never been used. They will often be painfully thin, due to never actually cooking anything fattening in their pristine kitchens.
The Houseproud Entertainer:
This type of person will often have a vast selection of tableware for various occasions. They will have unbreakable plates and beakers for picnics and barbecues, a formal dinner service for Christmas and special dinner parties and then there will be the day-to-day tableware which will be a matching set of plates, cups, bowls and condiments. They will regularly add new set of table mats to their extensive collection saying something like ‘Aunty Mary will love these when she comes to visit’.
So what does your collection of tableware say about you?