https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 02:52:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1017003 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:02:58 +0000 mrskc 1017003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: yeah, I will probably keep around some cheap ones or write my name on it. It's really not that big of a deal to me. I just find it funny really. Maybe I should start keeping the ones they give me. Then we'll be even! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016949 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:41:20 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1016949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: instead of writing your name on them, why don't you loan your cheap ones?</p> <p>I only loan out my store brand plastic ones. I never loan out my heavy duty ones or glass ones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016946 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:40:14 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1016946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NO<br /> and NO.</p> <p>I don't return tupperware nor do I expect to get mine back.<br /> Key rule: NEVER loan something that you need back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016922 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:29:21 +0000 LazyLightning 1016922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: yeah it works two ways. 1) people have random tupperware at their house and see it and say "oh hey, this belongs to so-and-so!" and </p> <p>2) people who might be actually wanting to steal it probably won't because they can't actually USE someone else's tupperware with their name on it - who wants to show up to a party with that and have to explain!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016832 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:49:48 +0000 mrskc 1016832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: yeah, next time I'll try to do foil or baggies. </p> <p>@LazyLightning: Why didn't I ever think about that?! That's a great tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016772 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:33:43 +0000 LazyLightning 1016772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you write your name in it? I write my name on the lid and the container in permanent marker. Then they are washed and returned. We have a big family and it would be impossible to remember whose tupperware was whose without a name. When my husband and were just dating and I brought food to a holiday, his grandma noticed I had my name on my tupperware and said "you're smart! if it has a name it gets returned!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016760 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:31:06 +0000 LuLu Mom 1016760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope (it's usually family) but i'm guilty of never returning it either! whoops.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016732 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:20:33 +0000 sunny 1016732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm taking leftovers or sending them with people I will use the free ones I get with deli meat or use a plate with Saran Wrap so we don't have to worry about getting containers back to their owners. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016727 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:19:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1016727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They do. It might take a couple months but I do get them back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016715 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:15:57 +0000 autumnlove 1016715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! My MIL does the same thing with takeout containers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016704 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:12:15 +0000 Smurfette 1016704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: My grandma does the same thing. She saves butter containers, etc for leftovers. I use paper plates and foil or ziploc bag. Then they can put in their own tupperware at home. I don't want to lose my nice tupperware. Or if I am having a bunch of people, such as a potluck, I buy the disposable ones, so I don't care if people take it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1016699 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:09:21 +0000 heffalump 1016699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes. Usually the only people that take tupperware are my mom and MIL, and I'm always taking theirs so I feel like it evens out. If I'm making something to bring to someone I'll usually buy cheap tupperware for them so I don't have to worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-friendsfamily-return-your-tupperware#post-1015596 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:27:12 +0000 mrskc 1015596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had some family over for dinner a few months back and I sent them home with some containers of left overs. Well, they never gave me my containers back! </p> <p>When family gives me containers of left overs, I always throw the washed containers on top of our refrigerator so I know which ones aren't ours and return them next time I see them. I guess I expect the same courtesy. </p> <p>My grandma has started saving fast food containers to send leftovers home for people. lol I'm guessing because no one was giving her containers back. </p> <p>It's really not a big deal. I'll just buy more. Do your friends &amp; family return your containers? Do you return containers? </p>