do you and your family still eats together?

Nope, not as frequent now.. Even when i was a kid, my family dun really eat together as much due to my father holding two jobs.. My family was quite poor at that time, and we should be glad when we can afford 2 meals a day ^_^ BUt as our situations improved, we still dun get to eat together as my father is working beyond dinner hours.. BY time he changed jobs, i'm already in my teens abd started working and studying at the same time, thus have no time for dinner at home.. AFter which, it's my army enlistment as well as my brother, that makes it even more difficult.. TIl now, both my father and me are working, while my brother is in university, so, eating together is still not possible.. lol =D The only time we get to eat together as family, is during chinese new year's eve.. hehe ^_^

hello ckyera, good discussion, it has been really a long time since the last time the six of us sitting and having dinner together. We have six person in our family, and when we grow up and access to high education in other cities, we seperated with each other. now my parents live in my hometown, my older sister work in a city which is quite far away from my hometown, my yonger brother study in the unverisity, and since the unviersity is also very far away from home, he can go home once per year, my younger sister and I live in a the same city, but seldom meet, we both far aways from home, seldom go home. So it is really hard for us six to come together and to talk together, when children grow up, they will leave parents, and seldm go home. My parents must feel quite lonely when they have meals.

No, our family doesn't eat together anymore. We used to when we were young, but now each of us are too busy now. Yes, family should be eating together because it's family time. Unfortunately, we can't do that anymore, maybe on the Christmas Eve, that's the only time we get to eat together.

Well yes we can still manage to eat meals together..though of course there are times that we really can't because of differences in schedule..=)

yes we do eat together as a family. it is time to bond, to relax after a day at the office, to catch up and communicate with each other. Unless it is a really really good reasons we do usually eat together. If for one reason or others my husband has to stay back at work or whatever and may take too long for me to wait for him to eat dinner, then I will eat first. But when he got home and eat, I will usually accompany him and we talk as well :) So yeah I think family meals are very important :)

Definitely yes. We always eat together regardless of what meal is it for the day--whether it be breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack or dinner. My parents are family-oriented persons and I love the way they do that. My dad will definitely get mad if he saw me or my brother not in front of the dining table during meal time. It's because (according to him) meal times are the only times you get to bond with your family--laugh, tell stories, etc. I learn a lot of cool stuffs from my dad during meal times. He tells way too many funny but true stories about his childhood.

Hi ckyera, You are right, eating together will helps to the family members well connected. All family members are together in a place, that is really nice and if the family is large it adds the joy too by sharing jokes. When I read your discussion I remember about the visit of our native place and the eating time is really enjoyable. We are staying away from native and if you ask the question we are eating together only at dinner time.

I thanked God, because since I was child until now we almost always eat together at home, except when one of us must go to other city or go abroad, like when I went for school trip. You're right, that's nice to eat together and talk about everything! That's what make us close each other. We usually eat dinner together, because in the morning or afternoon we have different schedules. Oh, and I like it when all the big family gathering.. we eat, play, share and pray together I'm sure it's nice, eat together with your hubby.. Maybe if you have children they can eat togther too^^,,

we still eat together during dinner time coz' all my kids are on school whole day so that's the only time we get to eat together. But during weekends we get to spend time together not only in eating but also some other things. I also ask my kids to help me do some chores.

Growing up due to health reasons our family never had a sit-down meal. If it happened was during someone's birthday, but mom would make a meal and we'd all go off and eat it. If we needed to talk, that was usually done when the kids came home from school. But I don't remember that kind of time. When I make dinners, George and I eat togeather on our coffee table. Since its the two of us, there is no reason to do it any other way. We don't need a table and chairs for the two of us. We don't talk much eaither because we get plenty of time to talk throughout the day. And really if he's working there isn't much to say. I mean 'how was your day' is about all the more needs to be said, and that's preaty much where it stays.

Yes, we still eat together at dinner time and on weekends. Every night, I waited for my husband and all of my children so we can eat together. Everybody is looking forward to dinner time because it's the only time during weekdays that everybody is present and it is the time where we can talk about what has happened during the day.

when i was a small boy upto the age of about twelve to thirteen we all would eat together but now we dont have the chance to eat together . i will eat at a different time and my parents will eat in a different time . mostly in sundays we all will eat together . but other times its very rare that we will at together . i will eat when i come from college and will finish my dinner at most at 7 itself . but my parents will eat only at 9 in the night . in the afternoons we all eat in our work place .

Yes we do eat together always with loads of fun..

Yes up to now me and the rest of my family still eat together.I only have a small family with me my mom, my niece and my brother, my dad passed away since i was 11, my brother is in hawaii as im writing this comment so technically i have my mom and my niece with me every meal . Well there are times that i dont get to eat with them too but thats just when im pretty much busy with my job and personal stuff too . ;)

i think this is very important to keep a family together. we do it as often as we kids even though my kids are getting older.

As much as possible, we always eat together. Usually during dinner, me, my wife and my child eat together unless I am out of the city traveling. I do not eat breakfast since I only take coffee. Usually in the morning we are quite in a hurry since my child goes to school and my wife and I go to work. So it during dinner that we eat together. I do think its healthy for the whole family when we eat together. Its one way of bonding...

Yes we still eat together as a family every night. Even on nights when my husband has to work late I try and hold dinner off until he gets home. Only if he is going to be really late do we go ahead and eat with out him because I can't make the kids wait that long. Even when the kids had sports stuff I tried to make sure we at least had a quick meal together. I think it is very important for families to eat together and talk about their days. We always know what is going on with our kids and they are not shy about talking to us about anything.

In India generally we stay together in Joint family so from child hood we have a habit to eat together all father, mother,brother,sister,uncle,aunt and cousins but who ever have busy schedule and come late to home some time they may not join us or else we do not have any other problem to do not eat together

We always eat together breakfast. With dinners is problem. Actually we have a lunch and dinner always together in weekends.:)

Halloo..so you are also a Filipina...hmz...yah I and my family still eat together but only during weekends because my siblings go to school during weekdays,especially my 4 siblings whose school is an hour far from home..It is only my mother and I who eat together..at times, my grandmother join us. Yes its a bonding time of the family...Its nice to maintain the unity of every fam..