Survey #253—Full Response from Jade
| Pronouns | She/her |
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| Which of the following statements describe your living situation with respect to a dining room and dining-room furniture? |
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| If you checked “Other” or wish to elaborate on your answers, please feel free to do so in the space below. | I have a dining table in the living room, and a bookshelf cabinet that includes a glass cabinet where I have a few decorative antique teapots. |
| Please complete the following statement: “Members of my household and I eat most of our meals _____.” | In the kitchen |
| Please complete the following statement: “When I want to entertain guests for a meal, we usually eat _____.” | On the dining table in the living room, with the dishes in the kitchen. If I invite more than 8 people, which is more than that table’s capacity- the food and drinks go on the table where everyone serves themselves, and then everyone sits on the couch or clusters of chairs around the living room. |
| What feelings or memories—positive, negative, or in-between—does the phrase “dining room” evoke for you? How have your attitudes, beliefs, or practices around dining and entertaining changed over time? What impact, if any, do dining and entertaining have on the clutter in your space? | My parents and their friends would have a lot of dinnerparties, and I always enjoyed them. Ironically, because so many people were invited, they weren’t seated at the table most of the time. As children, we would be seated on the floor to eat off the coffee tables- or have our own table which was a fold out table. I also remember outdoor barbecues. I would like to entertain more at home, but people don’t really seem to anymore- and if I invite more than a few people, I fear forgetting to invite someone. The dishes are from my mother so they are her taste- but good quality. I could invest in some that are more similar to my style- but they are ok, they bring me joy by what they serve and my dinner parties are not so frequent so it’s fine. |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | My teenage child cousin with a quirky mind discovered that he could hide the mother’s day card he gifted his mother, and present it again the next year and she would not notice! (His mother is very caring and loving, I hope that is not misunderstood, albeit in other ways than storing cards, lol). |
| Future topics | When you resist buying more furniture because you are “decluttering,” and may move- but things (craft supplies) would really look so much better hiding inside cabinets… |
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