Does your family have meals together - on one table?

ive had many familys between my acutally family . and foster familys but only one ate aroudn the table and that was a foster family and ithink it was becuz the couple was a older one and they were old fashioned. but none of my othe familys have. i lived with my step brother his wife there four kids and my lil brother and we never ate together i think it was bcuz the table we had wasnt big enuff. or sumone was at work. there was many diffrent things.

we dont for 2 main reasons 1. me nad my younger bro dont live with them,,we only get to be with them on weekends. 2. we have a big family with small dining table hehehe...we eat together but we scatter lols

yes i definitely agree with you on this part.... i think the japanese used to do this every day to make bonding between faimilies closer... but in our family we used to eat together only rarely....everyone eats at different times and so it is not that easy..

I think it's always a good idea to have dinner together on one table especially for one family. This is the only chance when all the members in the family can get along and chat together know well about each other. Through this time,the relationship among the members of one family will become closer and better. My family always have meals together whenever everyone is available at home. I really appreciate this chance every time.

yaa its really good idea to have a dinner with you family together but unfurtunately those people are working they difficult to have dinner with thier family but its nice to have dinner with your family together

we don't sit at the table, we usually sit in front of the TV,or by our computers we've got four computers in the house, two eat in their room and another family member eats in hers, myself male relative and female relative all eat in the living room/kitchen area.

We are lucky that my husband can walk home from work everyday and we can all sit to have our meals together on one table. I consider it to be a treasured moment, as we can all share our experiences together! If somebody was to hear us they would think we are crazy, as we speak German, English and bits of Spanish too!

During the week we all sit at the table and eat dinner together, with no interruptions. NO tv, phone or computer. Just the family sitting together eatting and talking about the days events. On the weekends we also do dinner together but on Sundays we have a huge Sunday breakfast as well. We do a big breakfast because of a tradition I was use to growing up and that was having all the family over for Sunday dinner. Well Sunday nights around here are crazy so it's easier to do a big breakfast instead of a big dinner. We have a lot of family traditions we keep. With tv's, computers, video games, cell phones and what have you it seems like people are becoming so detached from others. So in order to prevent that my husband and I make sure we have real family time without all the outside destrations.

Hello,Rajesh!In my family we sit together to eat our dinner and have discussions on various topics including day to day problems and find out solutions.Since lunch is not always possible to have together we preferred to dine together.this is the best medium to unite the family and strengthening relationship.thanx.

all my family menber eat together.I think this is the signe of "family",really enjoy on it. but nowadays,for job,many people no have time go home and eat together,just fastfood finish the lunch alone.I really don't like.

There are only 2 members of my household, but we try really hard to eat at the dinner table together as if not other than the ride to and from school, my son and I would be like 2 ships passing in the night. I use this time to talk about his day and activities, what's going on in school, etc. We dont share breakfast or lunch together so this time with him everyday is very important to me.

I think it is necessary to form stronger family ties. I think that eating together brings people closer together. Also spending time with your family to check on with each other is not a bad idea. I hope all families could go eat together so that more people would be happier.

On Sundays we do that but on any other day we are too busy to have time to sit on the table to have meals together

Indeed its one of the best things that you can experience. When ever my dad is off the ship, the entire family does its best to have dinner together at home. And once a year we do our best to have a family reunion wherein almost all the members of our clan gets together. Its sad that most people can't have time for a family dinner or get together nowadays because they have to work. I guess that is why our world is in such a mess right now. I wish things could change for the better soon.

ohhh its a nice idea but its not the case with me .... It all depends upons time .....if I get the time to have my dinner at home ....I take it with my computer rather .....and outside I take it with friends or alone even..... Its life ......we want lot but all never happens .... But when I was young it was same then all we had meals together ....I still miss those day s... Thanku Ganesh

We are all busy so I don't stress eating together much. Especially since I have a big family (six kids). When I cook a really popular dish, it just kind of happens that we eat all together and commune like that. Otherwise, we spend family togetherness time watching TV, discussing current events or something that is going on in one of our lives. Sharing a meal is just one way of family togetherness.

Yes we do still sit around the table for meals. I agree it is a good time to talk and catch up with everyones news etc. when the children were younger and all wanted to talk at the same time we used to use a picture and the person who had the picture by there plate was the only one allowed to talk apart from an adult so we could hear everyones news. when the child had finished talking then the other children could then ask questions, when all questions answered then the picture moved to another child. a different child would start with the picture the next meal.

YES my family are always together in every meal especially during sundays we always have get togethers in my grandma's house and during christmas we have a family reunion.

Yeah, i really missed those times when our family is still intact. We enjoy having our breakfast, lunch and dinner together. Those are one of the most memorable times of my family together. But my bro and sis already married and live in other place. Now only the memories left.

yes u r right having ur meals together is one form of unitedness in family. my father always use to tell us to have together as it reflects the love among all n we everytime use to have together atleast our dinner as we use to go to our schooling in the morning n afternoon n hence we never find a chance to sit together n have . so atleast for dinner we all were together everyday. it so happens in my husbands family too. in the day some have to do their jods n might be missing in the first two meals of the day but on dinner we were everytime together n even i feel good everyone gathering at one place n have n share our experience of whole day n rest of the things whichever we want to speak. its a different feeling to have together.