Do you still sit down together with family for Sunday lunch/dinner any more?

[haysi06]

We used to always have a roast on a Sunday and everyone would sit at the dinner table, no t.v. no radio, but have not done this for ages and I wondered if any of you still have a 'traditional' Sunday? :)

Says me that has just had a stir fry whilst settling down to last nights X Factor!

[S.K.SWEDEN]

.....I still don't understand the question haysi......

[haysi06]

Sorry, I don't speak Swedish :)

English isn't my first language either :P

[weeal]

hi Haysi, my family are all split up and I dont have kids of my own, but it would be nice tho

[S.K.SWEDEN]

....are you from Escotia......do you know dris........?

[weeal]

ha, its a leggy sandwich

[terambulan]

Yep....eat together till kids start seniors. Then its football/rugby/netball all on Sundays, not to mention obligatory church to appease schools.

Family Sunday meals scuppered! Never to recover - thank goodness as 'tis too much work while OH in pub, return for beef & yorkies then sleep. While slave-wife cleans up!

[haysi06]

Hi weeal!! Hope you are well xx, When I was growing up we used to have a big dining table that had an extendable middle (think I have one of those now btw!) and we all sat around the table, every one had their normal place and we took the time to talk. There were 7 of us! I have a dining table in the kitchen but theres rarely more than one person sitting down to a meal at a time nowadays.

[eash]

In answer to your question haysi06, no. It's only me and my mum so we don't see the point. Tonight we are having chilli. Sometimes my mum will invite my bro and his girlfriend round for a roast but that is quite rare. Shame really.

[weeal]

we did when we were little Haysi, 5 of us, and I still like to eat at a table, even on my ownio - dont have space for one now sadly

Hope you n sandrajo are doin fabby hon

[theonlyone]

We have all meals at the table ..
how can you eat a roast dinner
on your lap !! Suppose if it's junk
food it's easy ..as in burgers etc ..

[weeal]

im havin canneloni on my lap right now lol (well on a plate thats on my lap)

[ChuckFickens]

always did when I was younger and still living at parents, and although it's just the two of them now my parents still do, every Sunday, they will lay the table properly and sit down together for a Sunday roast.

If I go to see them on a Sunday I will join them and sit down for a proper meal around the table.

I think it's a shame that not many kids these days have the chance to sit round a table with the family and have a proper meal with out a TV being on. TV is probably the biggest killer of conversations ever.

[haysi06]

S.K. SWEDEN, no I am from Hawaii, its roasting here :)

terambulan, my mum used to always say 'why do they call Sunday a day of rest? ' when she was always on the go cooking breakfasts, dinner and doing housework etc!!

eash, I agree it is a shame, I was at my sisters for dinner last week and it was really nice to sit down at the table and talk. We should do it more often.

weeal we are great thanks,I will let her know you asked after her xx

[haysi06]

theonlyone, I love a roast dinner so yummy :)

Hi chuckfickens (I still giggle a bit when I read your name) , I totally agree re T.V being the conversation stopper.

Hope you all enjoy your evening.

I am away to do the dishes!!

Hxx

[knobbynits]

Weeal you ere the meat in the sausage roll

[smudge]

We have a roast dinner nearly every Sunday.

If the family are here, we sit together at the dining table. If we're on our own, we sit with it on trays, on our laps. Yes, on our laps!!!!

Nearly as bad as dunking biscuits!!!!