Do you always eat together as a family?

When I lived at home with my parents, we would always eat together with a family. However, unlike your family, if a member of the family had already eaten or wasn't present, they wouldn't eat with the family. My dad wasn't as strict about it, but we would generally eat together to spend that time together. Now that I'm married, my husband and I never eat at the table. We eat in the TV room on the couch watching TV or a movie. That's kind of the way I've gotten used to eating meals now. I think it's nice because as long as it isn't messy, it's fun to eat with my hubby sitting on the comfy couch while watching something. It's gotten to be a habit now. (LOL) It'll be a different story when we have kids someday!

hello p3ks626, when i am still living with my parents yes, we usually eat together specially when everybody is at home. my parents wants it that way. and i like it as well coz its a good time for family to bond. while eating together, we can talk about each others whereabouts & what about... but when i am already working, and my brother gets busy schooling as well, sometimes we are not able to sit together & eat in some days but again, whenever everyone is in the house we make sure that we will be sitting there together for meal... now that i am already married and no longer living with them, i still eat together with my husband most of the time...yeah, i always wait for him for dinner... its just the 2 of us here in the house and it will be sad if we don't eat together... whenever i am visiting my parents, which happens just once in a year for just a week, we make sure that we spend quality time together...and part of it is eating together! whether in our house or out!@ and whenever i am eating with my whole family...i feel like foods are even tastier and i always have a happy feeling!

I normally eat alone in front of my PC sometimes with a DVD playing, but on occasion I go over to my parents' house to eat with my mother, and on rare occasions with both my parents. I should do it more often, because I think it's possible to become excessively isolated these days what with the TV, the internet and so on. Which I find sad.

We definitely always try to eat as a family together. When I was growing up this was very important to me because of the fact that it was the main time that we were all able to spend time together. That said, now that I'm grown and have children of my own, I want to pass the same tradition on to my children. I think it is the perfect time to share everything about your day because it is the only time that you have everyone's attention.

Your Father Have Very Wisdom,My Dear!!!Me Also,Like Eat With My Family & I Love It,Because Made a United Family...My Family Only On Weekends Are All,Because My Son Goes To School & My Husband Goes To Work On Afternoon Till Midnight...But When Are Together We've Shared Our Passed Days & Laught Many Times!!! He Have Fun On Those Moments!!! Have a Wonderful Weekend My Dear Friend!!!!

It is already our tradition to eat together in one table every meals and my father lead the prayer...And when I got married, and moved to our own house, my husband & I practiced the same tradition we have in our family. Every time my husband is on vacation we really eat meals together, if I go home late from working over time he would wait for me. Our table is one of the venues where we can have so much to share about. It is where we sometimes plan about the future if not in the living room. It is where we exchange compliments and it is an integral part in our home where we gathered as ONE FAMILY.

We used to when I was not married. Everyday, we had dinner together as a family and lunch whenever possible. But after marriage, things have changed. The kids have their meal at different times, my husband when he wants it and me too. The fact that makes me really mad is that everyone else has their meal in front of the television except me. That was definitely not done when I was living with my parents. The T.V. would be switched off and we would have a meal together. My parents still have their meal together even after my sister and I are not living with them. And whenever we visit, we all have our meal together. I prefer that to everyone having it individually. We would talk about our day and what everyone did...discuss other issues..or gossip sometimes. It was good:)

No, because we all have different schedules, and we usually eat at different times.

Yes, my family is still intact, we are still living in one roof. Although me and my older sister are now old, old enough to handle ourselves we are still living with my parents. I don’t know if my sister have plans to get married with her boyfriend now, since me I am not in a relationship that is why I am still living with my parents. We always together. Me and my brother and parents are eating together. My job is 8 to 5pm everyday, they wait for my arrival before they eat. As of my older sister, she have different shifts at work that is why we seldom have her during dinner. Dinner is the only time the family is complete because during lunch me and my sibling are all out of the house. We are get used to eating together. Its sad when you eat alone. Actually I eat alone but my parents is around. I used to seeing my family everyday. When someone get married and moved away out of the house, that is the different story and it will makes me sad.

When I was growing up we had "friday nights" which meant the family got together and we talked and ate. This was of course beside holidays and birthday's. Then we started to stop having said get togethers. I met my husband and we also don't really get together with either side of our family. We eat with his parents but that's because we live with his parents. I really want to get together with our families more often, maybe start having a certain time of the month that we go to see each other and eat dinner. More and more families seem to be so busy with other things that it's hard to get together with each other.

unfortunately, we are not. everybody have some business to do, my husband sometimes come home late and i have to eat all alone. I used to eat together in week end, when everybody is at home, it feels great, eating while talking and listening each other about the story along whole week. very warming and we feel so close.

Hey friend, I live in Bangladesh where we follow the culture of eating together. This tradition has been carried on since ancient period. I think this is a very good custom where all of a family sit together to eat enjoying the meal with much pleasure. This rule is also in my family and I like it very much. Have a nice day.

As a general rule, my family eat together so that it will be easier to clean up after. Most of the time we would all gather in the table, but sometimes, one or some of us would want to watch television while eating so they bring their plates over to the den. But most of the time, we enjoy meals together in the dining table. Its not a hard and fast rule, it just happens, mostly out of convenience.

Hi, You are a very lucky preson that you have a dad, who knows the value of 'EATING TOGETHER'. i am a mother of two children. I also know of this 'EATING TOGETHER'. But I am very unlucky to have this in my life because of my husband's working patten. We are able to eat together only on Saturday afternoons. Some times that pains me. Eating with dad is wounderful experience. I was able to enjoy this in my childhood. But my children?

We eat together only on Sunday's. We are usually busy, having different times. My son eats at my mother. She picks him up from school and I do pick him up from my mum's house after that I finish work. So he is already had his lunch. Than my wife finishes different hours from mine. So from Monday to Saturday I eat alone most of the times. But we make it a must that we eat together on Sundays. I like the feeling on Sunday having time for each other, wish we could do so even during the rest of the week.

Well, when I was a kid we always sat at the table to eat a meal together as a family. Usually this was on a weekend in the daytime, because I used to eat day-time meals in school. There is just me and my wife now, but we always eat together every evening. It wouldn't feel right for me to start eating on my own, or for her to start eating on her own. I guess not everybody is like this, especially in homes where both parents are working later and the kids get something to eat before their parents have come home. _Derek

No we don't do that in the family always, because sometimes different work schedules and hunger schedules just don't meet. But we do it whenever we can. I admire you daddy for that kind of strictness. I think good parent-kids relationships involve a lot of family time and get together's.

yes In my house is same as urs. We always eat together as a family. Even I like this kind of work a most. I like to be with my family and eat food. It breaks gap that may come when no one in the family meet each other evenif they stay in one house only. It breaks all qaurels that may cause in some routine life. It is wonderful activity!!!!!

As far as I am concerned, I think I like to I love to get together with my family to have a family meal. I think it is so wonerful moment that our family are together to have the so delicous meal.When we eat the meal, we family usually just do as they want. But we at least need to sit beside the table to have meal,no matter you want to talk or watch TV.It is OK.

Not always... But, If we have a time we always eating together as family. you know, today, we have a lot of thing to do in the morning or even in the evening. So, it's so hard to eat together with family.