Are you one of the unfortunates who doesn't get to eat together as a family?

Question

My husband leaves home in the morning before me and kids wake up - so breakfast round the table is out. He also gets home quite late in the evening by which time it is too late for anyone (let alone kids to eat). He also works sometimes weekends. I always think its looks very nice on tv but wonder how many families actually get to sit down and eat together. Its just not practical in a lot of cases.

Answer 1

As a child we always had time to have dinner together around the table... I don't see happening in many families, especially of recent

Answer 2

Hi yes us too. I have two kids, and my partner finishes at 8pm so by half eight the children are fed, bathed and upstairs waiting for him to say goodnight. We then eat together, usually on our knees in front of tv. On sunday I make a point of a sunday dinner round the table. But what do I get? Kids saying orrr mum not sunday dinner again! You cant win. Keep on trying to make time.

Answer 3

We almost always eat together as a family. I realize that more and more that's not the norm but I really feel passionately that whenever possible, we should all eat together. It's about the only time we're all together and not doing something else (Son plays video games, daughter instant messaging her friends and the wife watches the tv).

Answer 4

My husband does the same, long days and nights and our three boys rarely see him at our breakfast or dinner table. However I made him commit to at least one night a month where he makes time to sit down to dinner with us. We plan it, and he has stuck to it. I also try to squeeze in sunday dinner, I grew up with my grandmother and this was almost mandatory. I tell my boys no matter where they are they have to be home for dinner, and so far this has worked. Hubby tries on his own to make sure that he is home more often than one day a month.

Answer 5

I am with you...
my wife has a day job I work night shifts...
so, our lives are completely different....when I get up (usually at 10 p.m.) I have a coffee while she has dinner, when I have my meal in the morning (after getting back from work at 9.30 a.m.) she is already gone to work...
We never eat together apart from when we are both off the same day (and even that does not happen very often as my shifts change continuosly...)

Answer 6

No one in my family eat's together. My mum cooks dinner by three so it's ready when we come back from school, then she goes to work. My dad comes home by six, so he eats when he comes home. My grandpa comes home by seven, then he and my granny sit doewn to eat. My mum comes home by nine, then she eats. We all make our own breakfasts, and eat lunch whenever we are hungry. However, I think that it would be better if we all sat down together to eat for once, but no one has enough time.

Answer 7

We always have a Sunday sit down, talk about the week to come, catch up, laugh.......when my kids were little we sat down to dinner together every night; now they have such different schedules and so many things going on it makes it difficult, but we have Sunday reserved.

Answer 8

Yes, its true. I also have such situations where I work late until I came home at 10 or 11! My gf can be real mad. Yet, at the end of the day, it is all give and take.

Answer 9

As a family we only get to eat together on a Sunday lunch time and this is only because my mother insusts it happens even though most of us don't have the time. Believe me it is easier to put of our plans than to cross my mother!!

Answer 10

I wish I could. I work too much, though. I just wonder how much more we [society] are willing to sacrifice with our families just to live? It's getting harder and harder just to stay above water, does this help our families, like we're taught, or hurt?