Kitchen

[lovestopaint]

Eating while watching the news, now there's a good way to get INDIGESTION!!

[PurpleBunny]

Unfortunately, most days everyone eats at different times, so we rarely eat together. My son eats at the kitchen table, he doesn't like tv and doesn't watch it, my daughter usually takes her dinner to her room, no tv, and my husband and I usually eat together later, in front of the tv.

[willdob3]

When I was growing up we ate dinner together at the kitchen table. We had different schedules for the other two meals so usually did not eat them together.

I live alone now & my dining room is set up as an office so I never eat there. I live in a small apartment & have no no space for a table in the kitchen. I eat my meals in the living room.

[ilovedaisies]

We ate dinner as a family when I was growing up and also all through our children's years at home. Now we eat in our dining room about half the time. If we cook, we eat in the dining room. If we're just having a sandwich and chips, we eat in front of the tv. I much prefer eating in the dining room. We eat slower and talk lots in the dining room.

[Beach Baby 1]

My hubby and I are on,y children and we ate with our families in the kitchen, lots of discussions about the day. We did the same when are children were at home. Although it has been the two of us for some time we always eat in the kitchen, nice china, silver, candle burning. When the weather is nice we eat on the patio and then enjoy the outdoors until dark just talking. Thanks for starting this interesting thread!

[depglass]

We have an open concept house, so we eat at the table watching TV, which is on all the time. I get enough crumbs on the floor this way, sitting on the couch would be disastrous.

[bigkat]

We always eat as a family, unless DH has a late meeting or something else comes up. We end up eating most of the time at the kitchen island, once in a while at the kitchen table. We do have a TV in the kitchen (I always have it on making dinner), but 90% of the time it is off during dinner time(they would love to have it on!). It is very important to us to talk with our boys about their day at school or any thing else going on. We are so glad that we do this and have stuck to it. We find out about many things that we would not have known about if we didn't spend this time talking.

[Libbylady]

We both grew up eating as a family at a table. We raised our sons that way also whenever their sports schedule allowed.

Now it is just 2 of us, and 3 cats. The kitchen table holds 4 chaire, so 2 cats need to vie for seats.

No TV during meals, and no phone either. We told the kids that if they absolutly must reach us at mealtime, they must yell "house on fire" into the answering machine before we will pick up.

[gazelle77]

Interesting! After my knee surgery 9 months ago, I got into the habit of eating my dinner in bed. I have a very comfortable automatic bed that lets me sit up. I watch TV, use my ipad and eat. I look forward to that peaceful time of day. I eat about 5pm. My husband eats about 7pm. He likes to eat in the great room watching TV relaxing after a long day at work. We each like our own shows, and eating separately just works for us. We have never sat at a table in 33 years of marriage. We never have had a kitchen table! Whatever works for you is what I say!

[goodstuff]

It's just DH and I at home now, and we usually eat at the kitchen table (sometimes with the TV in the adjoining great room on, sometimes without), or in nice weather we often eat at the table on our back deck. I don't set a "fancy" table, but I do take a minute to put out nice placemats, napkins, arrange some soft lighting, and pour us a glass of wine to go with dinner. It's the little things.