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. 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.