I don't have real honest to goodness silverware, but I do have silver plated flatware. My parents gave it to me as a gift several years ago.

It is nice to have for special occasions, but I don't know that I would go out and buy real silver. I didn't even register for it at my wedding. It's just so expensive. Now I do like nice china and crystal, but i think you get more use out of that than silver.

I have actual silver silverware, don't ever use it though. Its locked up in a case; well i guess it's not really mine, it is my husbands. His grandparents gave it to him a long long time ago.

My mother in law also has real silver silverware.