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[blackhole99]

Since my husband and I retired, we rarely sit at the table for dinner anymore. We are like teenagers and live in our bedrooms.LOL I don't want to miss anything, so I have dinner in my room in front of the TV watching MSNBC. The way they are running things today you cannot afford to not be informed. When we have company though,we do sit at the table and listen to music and talk.

[Noel7]

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@MoJoVwrote:

I tried to do that last January..worked for awhile. But I've been a "news junkie" all my life and it's hard for this leopard to change her spots. Although sometimes it's almost too hard to bear. 😢

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Me, too @MoJoV  I don't know why we should change.  I don't sit there wringing my hands as I watch.  When it's really bad news, like the shooting, I give it my entire attention, cry along with it, eat dinner before or after the news.

DH and I have been married a long time, both of us keep in touch with what's going on.  I'd rather that than trying to come up with something else to talk about. 

[Teddie]

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@SharkEwrote:

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@CelticCrafterwrote:

@SharkE - it's really sad. 

We don't eat out often but I think my hubsand and myself are the only two people in the entire restaurant or diner that don't have our phones in our hands or on the table.

This stuck with me and it made me so sad, we were out one night - a woman in her late 40's early 50's came in with her mother (I assume) from the time they sat down until the time we left, the younger of the two never put her phone down, never looked up.  Phone in one hand, fork in the other.

I would give anything to be able to be able to sit across the table from my mother for a meal or a cup of tea.

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Me too.

Mine died at 28

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@SharkE and @CelticCrafter

I agree and relate. I lost my mom when she was 28 also. I was nine. Would love to sit and look at her and talk about everything. 

[Noel7]

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@Teddiewrote:

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@SharkEwrote:

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@CelticCrafterwrote:

@SharkE - it's really sad. 

We don't eat out often but I think my hubsand and myself are the only two people in the entire restaurant or diner that don't have our phones in our hands or on the table.

This stuck with me and it made me so sad, we were out one night - a woman in her late 40's early 50's came in with her mother (I assume) from the time they sat down until the time we left, the younger of the two never put her phone down, never looked up.  Phone in one hand, fork in the other.

I would give anything to be able to be able to sit across the table from my mother for a meal or a cup of tea.

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Me too.

Mine died at 28

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@SharkE and @CelticCrafter

I agree and relate. I lost my mom when she was 28 also. I was nine. Would love to sit and look at her and talk about everything. 

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Hi @Teddie

I am so sorry you all lost your moms so early.  It isn't fair, it isn't right. 

[Teddie]

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@Noel7wrote:

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@Teddiewrote:

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@SharkEwrote:

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@CelticCrafterwrote:

@SharkE - it's really sad. 

We don't eat out often but I think my hubsand and myself are the only two people in the entire restaurant or diner that don't have our phones in our hands or on the table.

This stuck with me and it made me so sad, we were out one night - a woman in her late 40's early 50's came in with her mother (I assume) from the time they sat down until the time we left, the younger of the two never put her phone down, never looked up.  Phone in one hand, fork in the other.

I would give anything to be able to be able to sit across the table from my mother for a meal or a cup of tea.

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Me too.

Mine died at 28

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@SharkE and @CelticCrafter

I agree and relate. I lost my mom when she was 28 also. I was nine. Would love to sit and look at her and talk about everything. 

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Hi @Teddie

I am so sorry you all lost your moms so early.  It isn't fair, it isn't right. 

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That is so sweet of you, @Noel7.  ❤️  I realized how much I missed out on having a mother when I became a mother myself. I have needed her so bad. 

[Nataliesgramma]

I can watch the first 10 minutes of the news and then switch the channel.... I don't leave it on all day and listen to peoples opinions over and over.

Hubby flips channels when he is relaxing in his "man cave" just to see if there is any breaking news.... I have to take myself away from the constant hashing over the same thing over and over

The other day I ironing and watching Perry Mason that I DVR'd when he came in and told me about the shooting in Florioda...

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@beckyb1012wrote:

For the families that do choose to watch at least all eyes are on the same program instead of on however many different phones or contraptions that might be owned by all.  I saw an article recently that said restaurants are now having more people looking at their phones while eating than conversing with their lunch/dinner partner. 

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I have no doubt the article is one hundred percent correct, however, we don't have to read it to  know it is true.  Just walk around in a supermarket, go to any restaurant, look at people going to and from their car in a parking lot.  What do we see?  People with their cell phones held to their ears.  I still maintain that if cell phones were taken away people would go into withdrawal. 

[Cakers3]

TV has never been on during meals.  No phones, either; whether at home or eating out.

I watch national stations and our local; our local seems to be able to sum up in a few minutes what takes the other stations a day to get to the point.

[rrpell]

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@151949wrote:

If you don't watch the news or read the news or listen on the radio how can you be informed about what is happening? How can you be an informed voter? or just a good citizen?

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I am in total agreement with you @151949.  In my opinion, the least we can do in this participatory democracy is keep informed.  We all have the right to vote and we should be well informed when we make our voices heard. 

[Moonchilde]

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@Nataliesgrammawrote:

I can watch the first 10 minutes of the news and then switch the channel.... I don't leave it on all day and listen to peoples opinions over and over.

Hubby flips channels when he is relaxing in his "man cave" just to see if there is any breaking news.... I have to take myself away from the constant hashing over the same thing over and over

The other day I ironing and watching Perry Mason that I DVR'd when he came in and told me about the shooting in Florioda...

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Very good point, @Nataliesgramma. The rehashing the same news, with no new info, no new insight, gets very boring. It is listening to people’s opinions over and over. That’s boring even whether you agree or not.