Do you eat at the table?

[Thants]

Do you eat your evening meal (tea/dinner) at the table or have it on your laps?

 

I grew up only having dinner at the table for Sunday roasts but then that got less often due to the table being in a different room from the telly.

 

I always eat at the table now. I find it much more civilised, whether looking over at the tv or reading, or discussing stuff with the missus (when I had one).

[Carradona]

Yes, the whole family eats dinner at the table.

[madstock]

I currently eat at the table, however as from this time next week I shall probably be found raiding the bins round the back of Iceland on the offchance of finding a Katona Kebab.

 

Which I won't be sharing.

[odris]

At the table if theres nothing good on TV.

[Remmie]

I always try to eat at the table, though not through delusions of civility (a word?) but just because I fucking hate eating off my lap.

[Karl_b]

As our dining table is currently piled up with model making gear I eat at my lap.

[Section_31]

No, because we have a small house and no table!

 

Used to at Christmas in my nans though, and must say I did prefer it.

 

When I've got my own gaff and kids that's how it's gonna go down, telly off, round the table, tell me about your day.

 

Gay it may sound but essential to a good cohesive family unit IMO.

 

I'm Oprah Winfrey over here.

[Nick Leeson]

over the keyboard 90% of the time

[Sweeney287]

I always try to eat at the table, though not through delusions of civility (a word?) but just because I fucking hate eating off my lap.

 

Same for me.

[Monkeywool]

Depends, if it is on my own, which it usually is, then I either have it on the coffee table from the sofa or my computer desk, if I have guests then obviously the table unless it's a party.

[Rex Banner]

I did every night when I was a kid up until I was about 16 now I don't unless it's a special occasion.

[Elite]

No, because we don't have a table.

 

Still have some good convo's with my dad whilst watching the news.

[Stu Monty]

No, because we have a small house and no table!

 

Used to at Christmas in my nans though, and must say I did prefer it.

 

When I've got my own gaff and kids that's how it's gonna go down, telly off, round the table, tell me about your day.

 

Gay it may sound but essential to a good cohesive family unit IMO.

 

I'm Oprah Winfrey over here.

 

Pay your minge attention then. The last thing we need is Oprah Winfrey's minge and her arsehole running amuk and taking hostages again.

 

 

I had to check the spelling there, and guess what, I learned something:

 

derived from the Malay word amuk, meaning "mad with rage"

 

Well I never.

[She Knows It]

No, because we have a small house and no table!

 

Used to at Christmas in my nans though, and must say I did prefer it.

 

When I've got my own gaff and kids that's how it's gonna go down, telly off, round the table, tell me about your day.

 

Gay it may sound but essential to a good cohesive family unit IMO.

 

I'm Oprah Winfrey over here.

 

Them's the rules in my house too because, like you, I think it's important to spend at least a short time conversing with no TV on.

 

In reality, mealtimes are like the Battle of Bannockburn. Any question posed at the kids is met with "I don't know" or "I can't remember".

 

Son #2 spends the entire meal swinging on the back 2 legs of his chair, while I get more and more irritated. Daughter picks her way through her plate, listing every visible ingredient whilst declaring "I don't like couscous. I don't like lamb. I don't like tomato...", interspersed with whining complaints that she's missing Zack & Cody.

 

Son #1 is never content until he's reduced son #2 to tears, either by kicking or poking him under the table, or by repeatedly telling him he's a "blundering buffoon"/"tiresome dolt"/some other variation of the word idiot that sounds like it's straight out of a Biggles comic.

 

90% of what I cook goes in the bin. We're like the Osbournes with less dog shit.

[bigredruss]

Yes, the whole family eats dinner at the table.

 

 

that's how i was brought up and now bringing my children up

[Paul]

We usually eat breakfast and dinner at the table as a family. However, at the weekends, Mrs Paul and I tend to eat in front of the box when the kids have gone to bed.