Handkerchiefs
@allknowing (153529)
India
October 16, 2023 6:30pm CST
There was a time I would just keep collecting handkerchiefs and even matched them with my clothes.
I remember kerchiefs were never given as gifts unless they were given with some coins as just gifting kerchiefs was believed to break a friendship
I do not know what happened to my kerchiefs as I do not own any now . I use facial tissues. But strangely most Sites have them for sale. This image is from amazon.in
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@DaddyEvil (174558)
• United States
17 Oct 23
People kept giving mom fancy handkerchiefs like those. She preferred Kleenex facial tissues, too. After mom passed away, I took her handkerchiefs, most of them still in their store wrappers, and sewed them together and made a baby quilt from them and gave it to one of my nieces who had just had a little girl... My niece hung it on a wall to keep and show off to friends and family...
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
What a beautiful way to preserve a memory . I really do not know what happened to mine I had a big collection
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@DaddyEvil (174558)
• United States
17 Oct 23
@allknowing I'm glad my niece liked it well enough to want to show it off and preserve it.
You probably packed them up and they're put away somewhere. You'll come across them one day when you least expect it.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
@DaddyEvil (lol) I doubt that they are still around but I cannot forget how crazy I was in those days collecting away
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@Tampa_girl7 (54716)
• United States
17 Oct 23
I have a few still. I don’t see them much these days.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
They must be just stored in your cupboard as I do not think you use them
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@Tampa_girl7 (54716)
• United States
17 Oct 23
@allknowing My grandma embroidered them for me. Yes, they are tucked away.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
17 Oct 23
Aw my Granny had lovely hankies as we called them..I have one..only one..and do not know where it is right now.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
So you were in the world of facial tissues I bet (lol)
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@jstory07 (148738)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Oct 23
@allknowing Yes I always have one in my pocket.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
I suppose you will treasure them in her memory
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@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
17 Oct 23
I still keep a few, but I mainly use paper tissues.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
I think most have switched over to facial tissues
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
17 Oct 23
These handkerchiefs were very common in my childhood. Our school even needed to check we all brought the handkerchiefs to school. Now nobody uses this kind of handkerrchiefs and people use tissue papers. I know it is much more convenient but not so environmental.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
You are right But I think facial tissues are biodegradable unlike sanitary napkins
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Oct 23
Men's kerchiefs are larger in size and for the purpose you use them they are ideal.
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