I started using it as my every day. But we picked plain white.

We didn't want wedding china. I don't think my MIL was prepared for that, but welcome to the new world.

I put mine in the dishwasher along with my sterling silver. It is important to use a regular cycle, no high temperature "sterilizing" phase, and detergent with no citrus or phosphate. As far as I know the only brand on the market that fits these criteria is Cascade Complete powder. My flatware and silverware is inherited from the 1950s and looks like new. I love it!

Wedding china is a vestigial aspect of a lost culture (that in my opinion, should stay lost).

Sell it if you can. Donate it if you can't. If you are anything like me, there just isn't room in the kitchen for something that rarely if ever gets used.

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wants it. That’s the problem. There’s no market for it.

This! I didn't register for china because I had my mom, MIL and DH's aunt all offering me their sets. I don't want any of it--I'm fine with my white Crate and Barrel plates. One day, aunt shows up with all of it in a box and I couldn't say no. It now sits in my china cabinet unused. My mother is pissed because I didn't want hers (and hers is nicer than the aunts) and I have no space nor use for any of it. Ridiculous.

This was why I made sure not to get gold or silver rimmed stuff. I remembered hand washing it growing up and I knew I wouldn't have time for that!

We have a really pretty white porcelain china that we got for our wedding- Villeroy and Boch manoir. We use it daily and there's not a single chip.

Nobody wants it. That’s the problem. There’s no market for it.

Mine has metallic accents and I put it in the dishwasher. (I also put my crystal in the dishwasher.) We use it probably 3-4 times a year. I store it in our guest room closet.

I have gold trimmed china. I put it in the washer. Use it or give it away is my motto now.

I donated our gold rimmed Noriaki China years ago and instead use Tiffany nature pattern that is fully dishwasher safe.

Pack everything up except 2 to 4 settings and store it under a bed or something.

Move it out of the kitchen and bring it out for holidays and celebrations. I don't keep mine in the kitchen.

Use it frequently and you’ll get scratches and chips. Then, buy a new set.

We use ours at a minimum every Sunday.

Can I please offload it? I feel like it's taking up a lot of space in our small kitchen, we hardly ever use it, and it needs to be handwashed because of the metallic accents. But, I feel guilty. DH is oddly sentimental about it and will throw a fit if I even suggest donating or selling it.
Do you still have your wedding china? Did you get rid of it? Share with me your stories of your wedding china, please.