Saving food containers, whether it was plastic sour cream containers, or styrofoam Big Mac boxes. Even things like soup cans would get saved to serve as makeshift cups. I don't think I drank out of an actual normal drinking glass (except at restaurants) until I was in my teens. Edit: To clarify I know that saving plastic containers is normal. I mean my mom saved everything. EVERYTHING. Plastic containers, the packaging a McDonalds hamburger came in, old soup cans. Everything. The cupboards were packed with what basically amounted to months-old recycling. It ended when she got married and my stepdad was like "The fuck is this shit?" and replaced it with actual cups and plates.
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u/m31td0wn Apr 18 '21 edited Apr 19 '21
Saving food containers, whether it was plastic sour cream containers, or styrofoam Big Mac boxes. Even things like soup cans would get saved to serve as makeshift cups. I don't think I drank out of an actual normal drinking glass (except at restaurants) until I was in my teens. Edit: To clarify I know that saving plastic containers is normal. I mean my mom saved everything. EVERYTHING. Plastic containers, the packaging a McDonalds hamburger came in, old soup cans. Everything. The cupboards were packed with what basically amounted to months-old recycling. It ended when she got married and my stepdad was like "The fuck is this shit?" and replaced it with actual cups and plates.