I moved out of my parents house when I was 20, to a one-room student apartment. Living with my parents was a major struggle with large amounts of friction, so I was excited about this liberation. On my first day of having moved in, I was quickly struck by the realisation that I owned way too few things to make life work on my own, and hence, I went to the supermarket to supply myself.
One of the first purchases I made was the most basic model of cutlery - three spoons, three forks and three knives. They are the cheapest type of metal cutlery you can buy in Sweden generally speaking and you can find them in cheaply supplied places everywhere.
They are still by far my favourite cutlery. I prefer it over the fancier ones that my grandma gave me, even though those are also very nice, perhaps because of what they mean to me - moving out and living on my own.
