Poll: Do you sit down with your family for dinner?
 

I'm talking with a childhood friend, and we've been discussing how some families still find the time to sit down with eachother for atleast one meal a day. It makes me think about the value that this simple daily acts as some sort of glue in the crazy lives people lead - providing much needed family time. Of those here who have families, who still finds the time to sit down with them for atleast one meal a day?

when I was younger it is a tradition in the family that you must eat your meal in the dining table with the family. my dad would scold me everytime I would skip meal and he would see me after eating in my room.

That is the one thing I'm dead firm on in my house. Me and my two hellions ALWAYS sit at the table and have dinner. It's really the only time you have to bond and learn about what's going on.

I can't wait for my weather to get better so that I can bbq every single night too.

That's why I'm loving having moved from Boston to SoCal. I'm barbequing like a fiend. I have the grill hooked up to the gas line in my house so i never have to bother refilling tanks... Mmmm

That's what i mean about bonding with the family - theres just not as much of it these days and familes are becoming more dissconnected. The american family structure is going down the shitter, and it's going to have major effects on society.

Usually only on special occasions

If u mean dad mom and brother as family then it's every day :D

A few times a week

couple a times a week

With my gf everynight.

I have a 2 year old at home so I'm not about to miss a dinner time together with my wife. I think about once every couple of months my wife will plan something with the girls and I'll take little Tatiana out to dinner but dinner is our family time and I don't plan on giving it up any time soon.

Nope. Got my own house, my younger brother lives with me but he eats take away most nights, or decides to get drunk and cook at 5am.

My mum and her husband eat too early for me. I like dinner around 6 or 7pm they like to have it at 5pm

I'm a single parent of two, and I am a real bitch about family being together at the dinner table. It simply is a "must do" at my house.

We have some kick ass conversations, covering all sorts of topics. Now and then, we make it extra special by doing a candlelight dinner.

I remember coming up and never knowing when my stepdad's backhand was going to knock you the fuck out of your chair for no reason when you were eating supper. I was on valium by the time I was in 4th grade, and had an ulcer shortly after that.

Discord at the dinner table is hell on the digestive system. ;)

Added to that, the world is too busy these days. Setting down together for a meal helps us reconnect. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

When I was a kid we would all watch tv while eating dinner

me and my fiance do.

Still do, Every night :)

I still do whenever i get the chance.

Not that often now but we always try to have our meal together on weekends.

we usally all have dinner together daily..more times than not

Only about once a week now.

not very often maybe once a week

When there's an occasion, we used to eat together, with my siblings and other relatives...

all the time. sometimes there may not be much convo but its still nice to do.

There's exceptions sometimes but for the most part my daughter and i have a family meal together at least once a day. She's 6 so it's good bonding time.

yes... me and the three woman who rule my life.

Had dinner with my family every night as a kid. Never really thought about it until this thread, but it'll definately be that way when I have my own wife and kids. I've always been real close with my family and I'm sure this has a lot to do with it.

yes... i see to it that i make up for the days that i was too busy working to eat with them

when im visiting them.

Yeah, with my kids almost every day........

I miss our family times together. :(

lol no brady bunch here