We have been without a microwave for about 3 weeks now. I really don't miss it. I heat butter up on the stove, use a pan for leftovers, etc. I really haven't missed it much at all. My mom was annoyed when she visited not to have it to heat up her coffee but that's gross anyways, just get a new cup. 
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I don't think I could but who knows? Maybe I'll try it the next time the micro goes down.
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We meant to buy one when we moved into our new house over a year ago, then realized we didn't miss it. Every once in a while it would be nice, but it's not worth giving up the counter space. I've been surprised how easy it is to reheat leftovers in the oven or on the stove!
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Absolutely. We only use our to defrost things occasionally. Sometimes I use it to reheat food but i generally prefer the results from reheating on the stove. I would barely notice if my microwave disappeared.
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I use mine a fair amount to heat things up for my daughter so yes, I would miss it. When I'm alone and trying to feed two kids as soon as we get home from daycare, I don't want to wait 25 minutes for the chicken nuggets to cook in the oven because my 3 year old is HANGRY.
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Yep, didn't have one for 4 years when I lived abroad and I didn't miss it at all.
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How do you guys do popcorn? Do without or air pop? Are there other 'hard' foods without a microwave?
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@Truth Bombs: This. I can do without a microwave but it makes things so much faster for LO.
@808love: air pop or stovetop all the way! -
Yes. I grew up without one. My parents and sister still don't have them.
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@808love: I have a stovetop popcorn maker that I had before the move. It makes the best popcorn.
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I don't want to, haha. I'm super lazy so I like nuking stuff.
DH probably can.
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@808love: Stovetop, or one of those air popper machines, if you eat a ton of it.
I also had an electric tea kettle for heating up water for tea.
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@mediagirl: lol i had co workers that loved reheating their coffee I never understood that.
For us a microwave is hard to do without because we cook up meals in batches and reheat a lot of things -
As long as I had a tea kettle I wouldn't miss or need a microwave.
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We haven't had one since 2010. I honestly don't miss it.
To be fair, my sister gave us hers a few months ago and it's still in the garage because we never need it.
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I'm the microwave queen so I would want it. However, DH is anti-microwave so he could live without it easily. He actually hates how much I use the microwave. lol
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I lived without one for a long time. We have one now and it's definitely convenient. I could probably do without it again once the kids are older and I don't need to heat things right this second to feed someone who is crying.
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I could, but I wouldn't want to. I love convenience!
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I could but only if we had a toaster oven I think. We reheat a lot of stuff for LOs meals (frozen pancakes or nuggets for dinner, etc.) and it would take forever to heat up our big oven.
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I could but like @Andrea I love the convenience so I wouldn't want to. Like I could live without a dishwasher but it's so much easier to just load the dishes and run it. I do a lot of batch cooking
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I'm sure I could but I wouldn't want to!
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nope!
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I could, but I really don't want to!
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Yes, but it would make life harder. We do much of our cooking the night before and then just reheat dinners, and it just takes so much less time in the microwave.
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I could but why would I want to.
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I have done it both as a kid and as an adult- it was totally fine for the months that we were without it. I definitely think it makes life easier when you have little kids to just heat up stuff in a hurry but I could go without it again if needed.
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I lived without one for a week, and while it was bearable, I prefer the convenience.
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Somewhere between I NEED it and I want it and would never want to try without it! It's just so much adore and faster.
Our toaster oven broke a few weeks ago and we decided not to replace until we move- that's been really annoying. If I didn't have a microwave I would need a good toaster oven at least.
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We did without when our house was staged for moving, and it wasn't bad at all. We had a toaster oven we could get out if we needed it, but mostly we just used the stove.
For popcorn, whirly pop all the way!
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yes, I have one and I am still trying to figure out what to do with it. It's nice for heating small bits of food for LO but I kinda wish I didn't use it.
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Uhhh....no. If for no other reason than DH reheating macaroni in my pans, and burning the bottom of it! Dude! Quit burning my pans!!! Lol
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I could but don't want to! Am I wrong in assuming there are more dishes involved when reheating things?
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Ous died about 10 months ago, and we don't miss it!
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I have lived without a microwave before and generally didn't miss it. I also realized how much better some foods turn out when reheated on the stove (pizza for sure). At some point my husband decided he wanted one and bought one. I use it pretty often to reheat small quantities of leftovers.
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I lived without one for 3 years, and it's true, you don't need one. You can do most things on the stove/in the oven. I do like having one, though, just for the convenience. It's just easier to press a button and walk away (say, to melt butter) than to stand at the stove watching it melt on the pan. I also like having the ability to defrost things last minute.
Plus, I like microwave popcorn.
But yeah, not a big deal to go without.
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We use it to sterilize bottles. I could see myself using a tea kettle more to make tea but I don't want to sterilize bottles daily on a cooktop.
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I'm sure I could (and DH definitely would!) but I don't really want to. We eat a lot of leftovers and I'm a very impatient person, so I wouldn't want to wait to heat them up on the stove or in the oven.
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@mediagirl: we've been without for three years. I love not having one.
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I haven't had a microwave in 5 years! Don't miss it a bit.
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If we didn't have a microwave, DD would be getting her dinner ice-cold from the fridge every night. No way I'm making her wait for me to reheat something on the stove, or cook something new, during the short time between when we get home and when she goes to bed. It's also nice for steaming frozen vegetables, which she really likes.
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