sitting down at the dinner table.

shanwalk2 · June 2011

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YellowUmbrella · June 2011

It depends on how messy our dinner is. Soup = at the table with TV on. Chicken and veggies = on the couch watching TV. We have a tiny living/dining combo so the TV is equal distances to the couch and table.

Also, "fancy" meals get eaten at the table.

MnMShaw · June 2011

It depends on the day and meal. Most days we sit at the table but other times we sit in the living room. Either way the TV is always on. And by table, I mean the table in the breakfast room. Formal dining room is used for formal dinning and not everyday use. If dinner is messy, we never eat in the living room.

dreamincitrus · June 2011

I usually eat at my desk while working/studying. If it's with BF we usually eat at the bar/extended countertop he has.

OrangeFelt · June 2011

I hate to admit it, but its mostly on the couch/coffee table these days rather than the table, but I prefer the table. That's mostly because we're eating later these days. If dinner is early, we tend to eat at the kitchen table.. however if its later, we tend to watch tv and catch up on the news and stuff. Its kind of like we're constantly multi-tasking!

FireChiefsBride · June 2011

I chose "Always at the table" but in our house when we have DSS we always eat at the breakfast table. When it's DH and I, we eat breakfast at the bar (place settings and no tv view), lunch and dinner at the table.

The only time we eat in the living room is the occasional popcorn with a movie.

Sometimes we turn the tv on to the news if we're cooking a longer dinner, but that's the only time the tv is on when we're eating. You can't see it from anywhere we sit, which is my preference. We had a tv in the kitchen two houses ago and all DSS did was stare at the tv while we ate- it drove me nuts. "A, take a bite." It's been five minutes, take another bite.

gwynnetx · June 2011

we make the dinner/bring it in from the car and head straight to the home theatre room. we usually watch shows we've recorded during this time. (ex. we've been OOT, so last night during dinner, we watched the season finale of "game of thrones".)

dh grew up in a family who ate around the table, with no tv, but my family ate in front of the tv most of the time. my dad worked on call while i was growing up, so he wasn't always home for dinner and things were pretty relaxed.

if we had kids, i would probably clean off the kitchen table of non-food related items and maybe try to eat there regularly, but we don't, so no dice.

Chicklit · June 2011

It depends on what kind of meal it is and what kind of day either of us have had. There are some days when all DH or I want to do is veg out in front of the tv and those usually mean more casual dinners. Also, sometimes I make tacos or fajitas that require a lot of sides on the table and our coffee table can't fit more than a couple of plates.

My only "rule" is that if I put a lot of effort into the dinner, it gets eaten at the table. I get to be the judge of how much effort I put in so sometimes I pick the table just because it's been a while.

risa_4-11-09 · June 2011

we are 50/50 on the location. If we are at the table I usually have music on in the background or the tv so low you can hear the noise but not the words. I cant stand nothing on in the background.

And we go through spurts of being in one location more than the other. If DH or I have been working alot ( meaning we havent really seen each other) we sit at the table to catch up. We are pretty aware when we need that time to talk, and when it would just be us gazing into each others eyes Stick out tongue

AustinMimi · June 2011

Chicklit:
It depends on what kind of meal it is and what kind of day either of us have had. There are some days when all DH or I want to do is veg out in front of the tv and those usually mean more casual dinners. Also, sometimes I make tacos or fajitas that require a lot of sides on the table and our coffee table can't fit more than a couple of plates.

This is pretty much what we do. I prefer to eat at the table, but for the last few months, my DH has needed to ice and elevate his knee after work, which means we eat at the couch a lot.

lmmckenna18 · June 2011

It's just me and DH so we usually eat on the couch with the TV on unless we have guests. Last night was the first night in a long time that we ate at the table. When we eat at the table we don't watch TV but we usually have music on a low volume.

KristinD3 · June 2011

We always eat dinner on the couch with the tv on. The only time we use the table is if we have guests over.

AmethystBride · June 2011

We eat at the dinner table with the TV off. However, we didn' start doing this until after DS#1 was born. Before that, we were an eat-at-the couch kind of couple.

:-)

el_twirpo · June 2011

we only have one table in the kitchen, so we make use of it for almost all of our meals. it forces us to look at our food and know what we're putting into our bodies. we do have the TV on a lot of times as that's the only time we have to catch up on our shows!

mcurban · June 2011

At the table, TV off. It was this way in both of our homes, so we just kind of stuck w/ it.

Leigha12 · June 2011

Always at the table, TV on in the background. Dinner time is about the only time we have to watch our shows together with DH's crazy schedule. We would probably eat on the couch if not for the dog. He doesn't grab our food, but I don't like him staring at me while I eat.

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