Can Tuesday be special enough for the napkins we keep saving?
Funny'Those are the good napkins,' my partner said as I put two beside our plates.
I knew. They're the twelve navy napkins Mum embroidered for us years ago. They live in a box because we save them for special occasions. When friends come, we worry about marks. When family comes, we call it a casual meal. The occasions keep escaping qualification.
Tonight we're eating a simple dinner at home. My partner laughed and asked whether a visiting royal was hiding in the hallway. I said perhaps Tuesday had finally been promoted.
I want to use the things we both like instead of repeatedly admiring them in a box. He likes knowing they're still lovely and worries we'll regret being careless with them.
Can I suggest using a pair now and then without treating his wish to preserve them as ridiculous?