in #hive-1525247 months ago

Hey, coffee friends! How's your Sunday going?

This mug was a gift from about 10 years ago; it holds 300 ml approx. It was a gift from a dear friend, and don't let anyone use it, ever. I took this picture at my father's house, during the interstice when I came back to this home; it was December and as you can see it is a Christmas mug.

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For me, it has the same intimate character as underwear 😏 It's not something I'm going to lend you. It's not something I want you to take if you come to my house, or I'll feel like I should never invite you over ever again 😒 But it's likely that if you're at my house you'll be able to see it if I leave it in plain sight while it dries after washing it 🤣

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I keep my cup save in its can (sort of a piggy bank actually) and take it out when I feel Christmas is almost here. You may have seen it on some of my posts.

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I think this “my cup” thing is an ancient thing 👵 just like this is my cup for this and this is my cup for that... I remember my mom would drink coffee in any cup until one day I saw her drinking coffee in the same ceramic cup over and over again. I guess up to that point, she didn't have a favorite cup. There are also cups that she liked to keep on the cupboard for eternity and not because she didn't like them but because she didn't want someone to break them. In the end, the same thing happened to me.

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I remember that back in the days my parents had a very fine porcelain set of coffee cups, but my father used to drink his coffee from one of the cups that had a broken handle. Maybe you are right that this “my cup” custom dates back to untold times… 😁 I can imagine the Stone Age people drinking wine only from their stone. 😂

I can imagine the Stone Age people drinking wine only from their stone. 😂

A chipped stone 🤣

This "my cup" thing might be as old as the first beverage ever; just think about it: it was the substitute for our own hands.

How cool the comparison you made of the underwear with the coffee mug, but it's just like that, it's the same feeling.
Very nice your favorite mug, a nice souvenir ♥️

My mug, my panties 🤣😂

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This mug is 14 years old, it was a gift from my son the Friday before Mother's Day in a celebration in his classroom and it was a very nice gift because he gave it to me with a lot of emotion. I used it a lot but nowadays I keep it in storage and take it out from time to time.

That happens, right? It's a beautiful gift and a tender gesture from your son. My son gave me clothes when he was little; they are all worn out but I still keep most of them 😄

Yes, that's how we moms are 🤷‍♀️

That tradition of keeping cups stored and drinking from old cups, for fear of breaking them, my home was one of them, I remember telling him. My mom, when would we use it and she told me one day about this 😅🤭

I try to use every cup I have at home. I don't want them to become heirlooms that people use for the first time when I've already gone to the beyond, you know. But the tradition of keeping them safe so they don't break, I think that's in a gene and we pass it on to our daughters, haha.

You are right, that's why I don't have relic cups either, I use them whenever I please.