We never have family dinners. I think it's because everyone's doing their own thing like one of us is on the computer, and a couple watching TV or someone's out etc. We all kind of make our own dinner or get take out or whatever.
Definitely! It may not be as often as I'd like, but my husband and parents and I try to get together at least every two weeks for a family dinner; more if other family members are visiting or available.
At home, hubby and I share dinner together three nights a week. Right now, that's all we can manage, but it's a nice time for both of us to unwind from the day, spend some time together and enjoy each other.
I have never had a family dinner. Everyone is home when dinner is cooked, but we never eat together because dad brings work home, mom is watching re-runs, my brothers are playing video games, and i am on the internet or talking to friends.
I would love to say that we do, but our work schedules and after school activities make it difficult. We do try to sit together on the weekends and discuss how our week went and talk about the highlights. My kids write notes to their dad before bedtime and he will answer them so they have a note after school, it is their special thing.
When? Something is always going on around my home. Even when we eat at the same time it seems that everyone is still always involved in their own thing.
Since it's just hubby and me, we don't always sit at the table unless the meal's something especially mess, but we do have dinner together every night, and we get together with my parents often to share a meal.
Some of the best times we've had have come around the table at their house or ours, just enjoying a meal and then playing a game. It's those times that really mean the most to me for family time.
My family doesn't do the dinner at the table thing, no, except on holidays or special occasions. We do sit together in the living room, and sometimes watch a movie together at the same time. When the kids were smaller we sat at the table, but as they grew older they began to gravitate over to the living room. I don't think it's all bad. Watching movies or a tv show that makes us laugh together is still good times we share, IMHO!
I think it's so easy in this era to get disconnected from your family. We, too, make a point to share a family table (over the loud protests of my 6-year-old about the TV getting switched off, lol).
In this day and time with everyone so busy and schedules so different for each family member do you find time to have dinner together?
Most nights we do have dinner as a family. And if we don't all eat together we do all eat the same dinner. I cook almost every night now that the cost of living and gas keeps going up. My family really seems to enjoy being together for dinner and we all catch up on what we have done during the day.
