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View Poll Results: DO you eat dinner in front of the TV | |||
Yes | 69 | 52.27% | |
No | 19 | 14.39% | |
Sometimes | 44 | 33.33% | |
only when eating trout | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 132. You may not vote on this poll |
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08-26-2008, 09:35 PM | #51 | |||
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Here, fixed that for you. No need to be coy, we're all adults here. ;-) |
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08-26-2008, 09:58 PM | #52 |
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I was wondering if someone was going to "fix" that post.
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08-29-2008, 05:28 PM | #53 | ||
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People who take Subby seriously are funny.
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08-29-2008, 09:39 PM | #54 |
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We generally eat around a table - its a habit I like and try to keep, only exception are rare pizza nights where we'll tuck into bed with the kids and watch a movie with pizza and junk food on hand .... yes it can be messy but its fun
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08-29-2008, 10:21 PM | #55 | |
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I guess I'm pretty close to the same page about this to be honest, but we really don't have anything resembling what appears to be the "normal" routine around my house. Working together, from home offices, means my wife & I are literally interacting all day and it runs the gamut from work stuff to homeowner stuff to random trivia/gossip stuff. When our son gets home from school, pretty much everything stops for her to got through the "what you did today" routine, I usually get about half of the details then & the rest later ... because he's within 15 feet of me for the bulk of the time between homework & bed. Basically the degree of interaction is so high that dinner at home (which isn't more than 2-3 days a week anyway) is more like a break from the interaction if anything. We kind of small talk through it but nothing particularly serious since that usually ain't good for digestion
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08-31-2008, 02:15 AM | #56 | |
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Once again, we are alike in something. It scares me what I may become. So for 9 years I never was home anyways, so I won't count that because it's different. Since then though... Both the wife and I basically work from the home, and to take it a step further my daughter is home schooled. The three of us are together all day most of the time. The exception being the last couple months when my daughter spent days at the Parks & Rec get some good old fashion interaction with friends and other kids. Dinner isn't exactly a big deal for us as it would be for others, it's just the last meal of the day..... And to quote the great Shin Chan "This food needs TV."
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10-20-2008, 12:15 AM | #57 |
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Interesting thread.
It seems tough in today's society, with all the sports/after school activities, busy working moms and parents, if this is a key part of the trouble with marriages and families (and keeping your children on a successful, trouble-free path). |
10-20-2008, 12:52 AM | #58 |
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Never used to.
My desk is the only table in my apartment at this point in time, and the PC is now hooked up to the TV, so I generally take my meals at the computer (which really isn't any different from how it was in CA, 'cept the PC has a 32" screen instead of a 17" screen). |
10-20-2008, 09:34 AM | #59 |
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I never realized people were so passionate about where they eat until this thread.
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10-20-2008, 01:29 PM | #60 |
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I eat on TV. It's the "Pumpy Eats a Pop-Tart" show, and it is nationally syndicated. It comes on in most markets between "Cheaters" and "Charles in Charge" reruns. I even had Willie Aames on my show as a guest star, and he ate a Pop-Tart, but then I punched him in the gut because he was making too much noise and generally being a dick.
Bibleman, my ass.
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10-20-2008, 01:40 PM | #61 | |
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Get Nicole Eggert on there, then I'm a dedicated viewer.
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10-20-2008, 01:46 PM | #62 |
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Our house has a tiony kitchen, but the livingroom/dining room/office space is one huge 21x22 foot room, so if/when we all manage to eat together we're all in there and so is the main TV.
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10-21-2008, 10:47 AM | #63 |
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Nope - dinner time is family time.
Call me square, but we sit down at the kitchen table - my wife, daughter and I - and talk about our day. Best part of my day. |
10-21-2008, 10:48 AM | #64 | |
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10-21-2008, 11:40 AM | #65 |
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CAUTION: FILLING IS HOT
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10-21-2008, 11:40 AM | #66 | |
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same here. When we got our house built, we specifically did the floorplan so that no TV would be visible from the dining room... FM
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10-21-2008, 11:56 AM | #67 |
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You can see my tv from the table, so we do most of the time. If there's heavy shit going on with someone in the family, the tv isn't on.
And I agree, Subby is a dick. |
10-21-2008, 11:58 AM | #68 |
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I tried doing dinner without the TV. Every time my wife and I tried to talk about our day, though, she kept bragging about how much sex she was getting. So I got pretty tired of that shit.
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10-21-2008, 12:05 PM | #69 |
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10-21-2008, 12:20 PM | #70 |
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The TV eats dinner in front of me.
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10-21-2008, 12:22 PM | #71 |
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