My sister was telling us about how she and her exhusband split up their household.
He left her to decide what he got and what she got, since she knew the housegoods best.
He just wanted a complete set of china, pots, cutlery etc for his new place. And linens etc.
So he got the supermarket plastic containers, she got the Tupperware.
He got the 12 pc Melamine kitchen dishes. She got the 10 piece Royal Doulton.
He got the Canadian Tire stainless steel cutlery. She took the sterling service.
Her new husband listened with a look of growing concern.
"When I broke up with (ex-wife),' he said.' I made the same deal. And I just now realized why I had all mismatched china."
