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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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According to " THE TIMES" families in the Northwest are more likely to eat together and have better table etiquette than the rest of the country.
My question is. Do you ban iPads and phones when sitting down together at the table?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"According to " THE TIMES" families in the Northwest are more likely to eat together and have better table etiquette than the rest of the country.
My question is. Do you ban iPads and phones when sitting down together at the table?
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Yes. As a family if we are having a meal together then phones etc aren't allowed at the table
My mother had been known to confiscate |
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"According to " THE TIMES" families in the Northwest are more likely to eat together and have better table etiquette than the rest of the country.
My question is. Do you ban iPads and phones when sitting down together at the table?
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I wouldn't ban them but I would frown and pass comment |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We all sit at the table for dinner in the evening and we all stay there until the last person has finished.
No gadgets or phones allowed at the dinner table in our house.
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Oh.
Waiting for all to arrive.
Asking for things to be passed across the table.
Making sure all got enough or fair shares.
Helping to clear table
And not leaving until others were finished OR if you HAD to you ASK permission.
We still excuse ourselves if we have to leave the table for any reason. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We have such precious little time together that we always sit together and communicate together- without technology 
I know some people that txt their kids to come down for dinner 
I also like the idea of phone stacking whilst eating out 
All phones in the middle of the table, and if it rings you pay |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The only meal I insist that everyone sits down together with no interruptions is Christmas dinner. My family are grown up and free to do what they want when they eat. Be it, take their food upstairs, eat in the kitchen whilst watching youtube or eating in front of the television. We spend a lot of time not eating and conversing. I don't like to talk when I'm eating; I would rather be left alone to enjoy my food. We are hardly all home at the same time to eat together too. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"We have such precious little time together that we always sit together and communicate together- without technology
I know some people that txt their kids to come down for dinner
I also like the idea of phone stacking whilst eating out
All phones in the middle of the table, and if it rings you pay "
Haha! I like the phone stacking idea |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Talk or open your mouth while food is in it and I'am liable to throw a fork at you
Otherwise do as you please,
When the kids where younger we banned digital babysitters during meals but these days much less so
Still keep your mouth closed while eating, no excuse and I have extra forks to throw, haha |
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By *usterMan
over a year ago
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"We all used to sit around the table together . 6 of us. Dog under the table.
No T.V. No phones. Food and talk about the day. Family time.
Still do when the kids come back. "
You do dogging under the table? At meal times? Please invite me  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Silly question, of course when at the dining table it is a time for social interaction between the people sitting there. Reading a newspaper as in the old days or interacting with an electronic device is just bad manners and plain ignorance.
Plus we are lucky as at our house no cell phone signal and of course I switch off the wi-fi during mealtimes. Pisses off the grandkids no end, but at least get a few words out of them. |
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By *bfoxxxMan
over a year ago
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"Yes I bloody do"
Damn right too.
Phones have a switch, you can turn them off.
You don't have to answer the bloody thing just because it makes a noise.
And unless it's superglue to the palm of your hand, you can put it down.
Relax.
Enjoy the company of the people you are with.
Avoid attention seekers and the insecure. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My partner and eat together at the table whenever we're both at home.
We don't ban technology. Perhaps because we both work with tech so we just feel it's a part of our lives. It's not a negative thing in our lives. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Our Dining room table "friend rules" include placing phones in the middle of the table as supper is served. The first one to check anything on there does the clearing up/dishes etc.
If we are out, that's who foots the bill!
Simples! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"According to " THE TIMES" families in the Northwest are more likely to eat together and have better table etiquette than the rest of the country.
My question is. Do you ban iPads and phones when sitting down together at the table?
yes and NO TV
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