Both my Mom and my grandmother (father's mom) had 2 sets of china. One set was used for Sundays, visitors or holidays. The other set was never used. In my entire memory, I can't remember either using the Franciscan Desert Rose set even though they had complete service of 12. Maybe afraid of breaking a piece? No clue. My mom is giving me both sets and I plan to use them every single day. If I break one, heck, I have 2 sets of 12, plus completers. No shortage and I can enjoy them as they never apparently did.