Let's go start a jugband!

[jane_pippin]

I just did the dishes, half of which were the boy's mason jars--I mean fine glassware. Why? Why does he insist on drinking out of mason jars when we have plenty of regular glasses to choose from? I've also seen him eating food directly out of the pot.

Is it a cry for the simple life, or what? I don't understand it.

[billyskank]

1. He is searching for authenticity

:7

:hi:

[jane_pippin]

4. Well, using dishes *is* pretty chi-chi

He's got a birthday coming up. Maybe I can get him a nice stick to use as a utensil. :D

[eyesroll]

2. Does he save the big yogurt and takeout cartons, too, even though you

have plenty of actual reusable, microwave-safe containers cluttering up the cabinet?

Ahh, the joys of cohabitation.

[jane_pippin]

6. How did you know?

:D

He's also a big gladware pack rat. Ooh, I hate washing those stupid platic things. God help me if I try to throw a particularly nasty one out.

[LaurenG]

3. Simplicity I'd say and ease and comfort and he's reverting

to a lifetime when there was only one pan and a jelly jar for everyone to share. How funny :rofl: :shrug:

[jane_pippin]

8. Modernity's a bitch, isn't it?

:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. People make fun of me because I use mason jars instead of regular

glasses. I do this because my children are somehow not able to drink out of regular glasses without breaking them. The mason jars, on the other hand, never seem to break. I have tried with four different sets of glasses. Of those four sets, I have about 3 matching glasses. It drives me insane. Perhaps your son is trying to save you the mental damage that has been done to me. :shrug: :hi:

[jane_pippin]

7. Not son, boyfriend.

He's 30. They are pretty sturdy--maybe that's it. Maybe he just likes them, I don't know. It's not the end of the world or anything, but I do find it a little odd.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. My post was joking. I don't mind the mason jars, but everyone in my

family makes fun of me for having no "class". ;)

[jane_pippin]

11. Ah, gotcha.

I've been cleaning all morning. It's the cleaning product fumes--they're eating my brain. Yeah, that's it. The fumes.
Is there something you do that makes them think that? Chew tobacco in church, say? You seem "classy" enough to me.

[giant_robot]

10. The habits of bachelor life are not easily given up

We menfolk are simple folk. Simplicity and functionality trump aesthetics. He's kind of like an adopted dog in new surroundings. Just be patient and give him lots of love and he'll come around eventually.

[jane_pippin]

12. Ha! It's been 5 years. Three living together.

I'm guessing this is something that's here to stay. It could be worse though, so even though it makes me nuts, I can't complain about it too much.