What don’t you have at home that others consider normal?

Slippers
Food mixer
Toilet brush
I-pad
Walls of family photos
Fitted carpets
TV in bedroom
Sky, Netflix etc

No slippers, barefoot or slippers
No air fryer and won’t be getting one
No smart mobile phone just a bog standard make calls and texts to keep online banking happy
No BBQ
Only one TV
No carpets just rugs
No central heating for 10 months of the year, multi fuel burner
No Alexa
No garage, en suite or utility room and no diswasher

air fryer, dishwasher, alexa, netflix , fast broadband!

More than one tv set

An iron

Dishwasher

I don't own a microwave anymore. We haven't for about 6 years. I've no intention of ever getting a new one. We rarely used it. It was just taking up space

Airfryer, Slow Cooker,
Pet, Fire Pit.
Got a Tumbledryer but don't use it.

Central heating, rubber gloves, apron, dishwasher, double glazing, sofa/armchair, flushing toilet.... I am sure I will think of more....

Liquid soap - I prefer bars.
A dog - I'm not a doggie person.

Only the one television, too - and we hardly ever watch it....

BBQ, instant coffee, TV in living room, air fryer, Alexa, boiling water tap, games console, Satellite dish, pressure cooker, slow cooker.

We do have slippers, a dishwasher, spiralizer (I use it), coffee grinder, electric blanket and, since moving house in 2020, an en suite bathroom (in fact two!)

Alexa
Pet
Slippers
Air fryer
Shoes with high heels
Hats ( except a bobble hat for walks when temperatures are below zero)
Nail varnish
What is a fire pit?

No Sky or other streaming things
Fast broadband
A kettle
Fridge freezer, we have a fridge and separate freezer
No spiraliser

We do have an air fryer, I use a lot
We do have Alexa, which controls the lighting, so easy

My dishwasher goes on once a week and is far more environmentally friendly than washing by hand every day. I live by myself and have enough crockery to last the week. Nothing to do with laziness.

Dishwasher-I’d love one but sadly no room in my small kitchen unless a complete makeover which is sadly not possible!
Husband. Did give two a try, the second for far too long. They didn’t work properly so returned!
Dog. Don’t need one although I love them and had them for many years. My family have several and I spend a great deal of time pet sitting them in my home for various reasons so don’t fee the lack!
CD/DVD players. I stream everything-less clutter and dusting!
BBQ/Firepit. I live in a flat!

I don't have Sky, Netflix or any other fancy channels, we only have BBC, ITV Channel 4, Sky Arts. We only have channels which don't cost extra money, and we don't miss them!

Kitchen TV

Oh dear, I think we've got it all. . Hang on, we don't have Alexa- phew!

A dishwasher. I've never had one. There are only two of us and I don't see the need.

And we don't have Alexa either. The very idea gives me the cold shivers!

A television. Over 25 years people have given them to us (under all sorts of guises......the kids are deprived.....you must not be able to afford one......been left to us......been left in houses we have moved into)......they come in the front door and they go out through the back door. They never stay.

Now, I know there are loads of posters on here who never read posts, but I wonder why no-one has asked what Ailidh does without a cooker, or Aveline without pans?
I’m also confused by the things people have replied as being ‘normal’, like firepits and spiralisers!
And, may I infer that Skomer is a bald gentleman, hence no brush or comb?

karmalady

can I turn the topic around? I have a top rate dishwasher, which I hardly use now, one person and it is quicker and much cheaper to wash daily dishes by hand. I wish I had not bought it when I moved

You need to buy more dishes (assuming you have space, but of course most of the time they'd bre in the dishwasher)

A switched on Alexa - we received one as a Christmas gift last year. After the initial fun she just got very boring.

Lots of spare space. We live in a tiny house that even the cat takes up too much room.

A tumble dryer. Tho I am considering a small one. I'll probably still be considering it this time next year!

A TV in my bedroom.

Inner doors that fit properly.