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Dinner table etiquette

Dinner table etiquette

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by: Heathur Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:11pm  
What is the etiquette for your personal dinner table?
 
Do you cook regularly? Do you eat as a family? Are phones at the table a no-no? Do you pray beforehand? Talk about your days & take interest in one another's lives?
 
For me, the answer to all of those questions is yes. That's how I was raised & is also how my own family conducts ourselves. I'm just curious what dynamics are important to other families. What do you enforce at the table? 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:16pm  
I tried having the family sit together to eat dinner and it ended with me sending my oldest outside to eat with the animals.
 
We used to all at least eat at the same time but that rarely happens anymore. The only time now is when we go out but no phones allowed then. As far as talking....no. dinner time is when you eat. We can talk later when there is no chance you may try to talk with food hanging out of your mouth.
 
And I hardly cook anymore. 4951
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:27pm  
I tried having the family sit together to eat dinner and it ended with me sending my oldest outside to eat with the animals.
 
@BooBear: I just spewed Coke Zero all over the place. Too F-in funny!
 
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:29pm  

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>> I tried having the family sit together to eat dinner and it ended with me sending my oldest outside to eat with the animals.
 
@BooBear: I just spewed Coke Zero all over the place. Too F-in funny!
 
 
@donnatella:
 
It wasn't my best parenting moment but it worked...she can now eat in public without embarrassing herself... 4951
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Heathur Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:30pm  
I tried having the family sit together to eat dinner and it ended with me sending my oldest outside to eat with the animals.
 
We used to all at least eat at the same time but that rarely happens anymore. The only time now is when we go out but no phones allowed then. As far as talking....no. dinner time is when you eat. We can talk later when there is no chance you may try to talk with food hanging out of your mouth.
 
And I hardly cook anymore.
 
@BooBear:
 
Is food allowed outside the kitchen? Kids too? 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:32pm  

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>> I tried having the family sit together to eat dinner and it ended with me sending my oldest outside to eat with the animals.
 
We used to all at least eat at the same time but that rarely happens anymore. The only time now is when we go out but no phones allowed then. As far as talking....no. dinner time is when you eat. We can talk later when there is no chance you may try to talk with food hanging out of your mouth.
 
And I hardly cook anymore.
 
@BooBear:
 
Is food allowed outside the kitchen? Kids too?
 
@Heathur: Yes but my kids are basically grown. When they were small they had to eat at the table and snacks only outside of that. I have no idea what they do now.
 
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mpjp0907 Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:39pm  
No phones at the table for sure! We all try to eat as a family. Like right now I am waiting for hubby to call so I can figure out where we are going. I usually cook but don't want to tonight since I baked my tush off today! 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 11, '14 7:55pm  
We ate at the table as a family growing up. We didn't have cell phones. We always said grace at the table. We're empty nesters now and our dinner etiquette consist of both of us standing over the sink on some days. I have a coffee table that lifts up and becomes an eating table. That's where I feed the hubs. We have sit down dinners when we have company and also for any major holidays.  4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 8:58am  
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thegoodwife Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 9:04am  
My husband cooks dinner 95% of the time. Sometimes it each man for themself.  I'm at a point where I'm not always hungry at dinner time or want a big heavy meal.  Me & DH eat dinner with our backs facing each other. He sits on the couch & uses a snack tray, I sit at the computer desk. We're maybe 3' from one another but not looking at one another. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 10:00am  
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 10:01am  
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 10:05am  
My wife uses the kitchen table for a storage device of mail, and other crap. We use TV tables. 4951
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GMUPatriot Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 10:33am  
We have 3 kids under 13.  Sat-Thurs, we bless our food, eat together at the table, and fill in about our days events.  We also play a "game" called "High-Low."  We take turns talking about the high and low points of our day.  It's a good conversation starter (esp. for teens whom usually provide one word answers.)  Friday we order pizza and watch a movie/show.  We split cooking according to work schedules, although I think the kiddos prefer mom's meals to dad's.  Emoticon 4951
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lilmama09 Active Indicator LED Icon 2
~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 10:39am  
Do you cook regularly? Yes, most nights I do and Mondays we eat at my parents. Do you eat as a family? AlwaysAre phones at the table a no-no? No phones allowed Do you pray beforehand? When we're at home, but we don't when we're out at restaurants Talk about your days & take interest in one another's lives? Yes. On some Friday nights we have a movie night and depending on what we're eating, we'll eat in the living. 4951
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WJo Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 9 years ago   Dec 12, '14 11:43am  
yes to everything but praying before meals , if we have company & they want to say a prayer we do , but we believe that we should say our "thanks" in private ...... 4951
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