Do you eat with your family?

Discussion in 'Vegetarian' started by mariah2390, Aug 31, 2005.

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  1. Style

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    I do but my family takes my meal preference into consideration whenever cooking. so I guess I'm lucky. :)
     
    Style, Sep 8, 2005
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  3. dharmadrums

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    Not confused at all... you're just workin' some stuff out.

    Right on! Glad to hear you're thinking & exploring some other ideas, some other ways of doing and being. Thinking & exploring are always good. You'll find what's right for you... anxious to hear how it goes.

    Best of luck!
     
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  5. Green

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    I try not to and no.
     
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  7. drumminmama

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    so how do you eat, green if you don't eat with them and you don't cook?
     
    drumminmama, Sep 9, 2005
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  9. drumminmama

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    Maxi and others, running of to eat alone is the antithesis of human socail habits (which developed to keep us alive).
    I eat at my desk at work. I put in lots of hours plus work on myown stuff. W esit together in this house a couple times a week. That's the time we catch up and see what's happening with these people we live with.
    When It's just my son and I, we might chose to pop in a video, but ususally we talk. Nothing important or earthshaking, just anecdotes from our lives, comments on politics, maybe an invite for a show.
    (yeah I take my kid to bar shows as the law allows it here)
    the idea is to be together and really in that moment.

    If one is grabbing and running, you might at well eat crap. you are shortchanging your body of the rest it needs throughout the day.
    I managed to sit with family long enough to eat while studying for comprhensive finals and the GRE (Graduate record exam-test for getting into grad school)
    A levels are NOTHING compared to that. And yes, I took them. I no longer am in the UK, but I took A levels thinking I was emmigrating.
     
    drumminmama, Sep 9, 2005
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  11. verseau_miracle

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    Well, ive tried to explain as well as i can. I dont believe that i might aswell be eating crap. I have a very healthy diet, and although i dont eat with the family, i do sit to eat, and take my time.

    As for it being the anthithesis of human nature...whos to say what human nature is? All ive done is do what comes naturally to me....By forcing myself to eat with the family, i would actually be making an effort to go against my usual "natural" habits... I think we have evolved beyond a stage where we can definitely say just what "natural human nature" or "social habits" are...People have developed preferences...and I do what works for me.

    Like i said im always open to new ideas, which is why im going to try this. But saying that what i do is wrong and in someway unnatural seems a little misguided to me...we all have choices, and whos to say whos right?

    Love-Maxi.Xx
     
    verseau_miracle, Sep 10, 2005
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  13. AcousticPeace

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    it completly grosses me out to watch people eat meat, and its hard for me to eat with my parents especially if we go out. i hate going out to dinner
     
    AcousticPeace, Sep 10, 2005
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  15. drumminmama

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    Maxi, I understand what you are doing is comfortable for you, but eat and run does not allow the digestive system to do what it must. Slow down a bit. grab that sandwich, but stop in the park or garden for 10 minutes to eat and enjoy it. You can still eat solo 99 percent of the time, but focus on the care you are giving your body.
    One Bowl actually suggests that eating be solitary but aware.
     
    drumminmama, Sep 10, 2005
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  17. verseau_miracle

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    Yeah agreed. Im gonna slow down.
    Cheers mama:)

    Love-Maxi.Xx
     
    verseau_miracle, Sep 11, 2005
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  19. drumminmama

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    ya might find you like your food more, but less satisfies you... I'll try to locate that book (heaven help me if I loaned it out) and get the author. It's worth a read.
     
    drumminmama, Sep 11, 2005
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  21. guest1234

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    I eat with my family, and dont cook for myself. My father cooks, and just makes something different for me.
     
    guest1234, Sep 11, 2005
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  23. Maggie Sugar

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    My 17 yr old dd is a vegetarian, and our family of 6 tries to eat together as often as possible. She will eat the side dishes (I make them all veg) and maybe some TVP if she wants. I also try to cook all veg meals at least once or twice a week.

    I remember reading a study a few years ago that families (no matter who that family consisted of) who ate together 3 or more times a week has less stress, better communication skills and better harmony than families who didn't eat together. I beleive it. In weeks where we are all too busy and "fending" (not eating together) there are more fights, arguments and miscommunications.

    When I was a kid our family never ate together. There was divorce depression ect. Not that ONE person's experience proves anything, but it does follow the trends found in the study.

    I know people who don't have actual relation family around, who eat with other people "as a family" for a sense of community, and I think that is a good thing. Not all families are a mom a dad and 2.6 kids. :)
     
    Maggie Sugar, Sep 12, 2005
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