I use these as everyday dishes. I have four kids at home that handle them and load and empty the dishwasher. These dishes are very pretty, colorful, practical for everyday and stylish enough for entertaining. Perfect size for lunches or small children. I love them, waited a long time to be able to get them (I needed a lot for a large family). I grew up with Corelle dishes they are the best,being very hard to break and chip I believe in the fact that you will have them a long time.Owned them when I married and somehow ended up with stoneware that resulted in only 8 out of 48 pcs. not broken or chipped or split right down the middle in 9 years. They were too big for the dishwasher also...WHAT WAS I THINKING!! I AM BACK TO CORELLE and LOVE these new designs and they are so slim fitting in the dishwasher I can load them all in at once.