Rosetta , see that is whre the problem is , when you buy crockery , one of the important things to look out for is the weight .. heavy plates are very hard to handle and a totally wrong choice for large gatherings … I have a heavy set , which is good for 12 people … and I have got myself a simple, plain white set which is not heavy at all , not expensive at all and that caters to all my large dawats … so much easy to handle the cleaning afterwards …