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WOW! Sorry about the multiple posts, the Nest went crazy on me.
I was going to say that DH and I got in the nasty habbit of eating in front of the TV. I figure that we will continue to do this until we have a family and then start utilizing the table again.
my rule is no TV while we're eating dinner. to me, dinner is about conversation and family time, even if it's just you and your DH that are the family.
when it's just the 3 of us, we eat at our center island since it's close to the stove and whatnot. if we have company, we eat in the dining room.
we eat in front of the tv
I'm thinking about putting our kitchen table in storage and getting some barstools and eating at our "island". It's not really an island, but there is room for stools and room to eat.
I think that would be good for when we put our house on the market to open up our downstairs, plus we don't really need a table if we don't have a separate dining room and we have never had people over for a dinner party or anything.
our living and dining room are one big room which is our whole downstairs and it drives me nuts.
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Quite possible the cutest anecdote ever.
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Agreed, adorable! We are bad and eat in front of the tv also. Once Carly gets a little older this is something that we definitely want to stop doing.
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We eat at the table. Normally we have the TV on, but we have said when we have kids the tv is off. We use this for our conversation time.
Veijes--So dang cute! What a great tradition to have with your DH
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We are bad and eat in front of the TV. But in our defense, our kitchen/dining table doubles as our printer desk and mail collection/general drop-off table (and our desk in the bedroom doubles as DH's clothes table - which drives me batty!). We also put our cat's litter box under the table, so if we wanted to use it properly, all that would have to be moved somewhere else - which isn't easy!
Our place is small - incredibly small (bought it as a single girl and never expected to live there with a husband and all his music stuff) - so everything seems to be double-purposed and cluttered. The living room is at least open and comfortable and since we always eat late due to DH's work schedule, it is nice to be in a comfortable and open room.
When we have friends over for dinner and it is casual, we'll also eat in the living room (but with no TV, of course) simply for the space, however this weekend I am making a turkey dinner for some friends and hope to use the dinner table.
When we have DH's parents over for dinner, we use the table.
What is really sad is that I have a completely beautiful full dining set in storage. I cannot wait until we have a house with a proper dining room and I can an entertain and feed my guests/family as they deserve!
i find it hilarious that many of you eat in the living room in front of the TV before kids but state you won't do that after. are you and your husband not a family? do you not have things to talk about? and besides, it's just a horrific habit! : ) can you tell i'm passionate about this?
and for the record, when i'm home alone, i ALWAYS eat on the couch in front of the TV. just not when other people are home.
Perhaps it is a horrific habit, but when you don't have a large house and have to make due with two in a condo built for one, you do what works and what takes the least amount of time - and doesn't require rearranging furniture! Plus, because our place is so small, Chris and I are together - in the same room - ALL night. Watching a little brainless TV while we eat is certainly not detrimental to our relationship and we have ample time to chit-chat afterwards.
I know that these are just our circumstances and it isn't likely that others deal with such cramped spaces and schedules, but just because Chris and I share our meals in the living room does not mean we devalue our relationship. Isn't the important thing that we are sharing a meal - together? Is the location of the meal - or other things going on during it - all that important?