GTKY Tuesday

[supertrooper1]

1.  What was dinner time like for you growing up?  Is it similar or different to your family's dinner time now?  

2. What is your favorite part of Superbowl Sunday?  The game, the commercials, the food, or is it not something you care about?  

[mommyatty]

Feb 6, 2024 11:21:41 GMT -5 supertrooper1 said:

1.  What was dinner time like for you growing up?  Is it similar or different to your family's dinner time now?  

2. What is your favorite part of Superbowl Sunday?  The game, the commercials, the food, or is it not something you care about?  

1. When I was little, we mostly ate together when my dad was in town (but he did travel a lot). If my dad was out of town, we ate a lot of fast food and not necessarily together. Once my brother was out of the house, when I was in about 5th grade, my dad started working out of town Monday through Friday. After that, unless I cooked, my mom and I ate fast food. Mostly by that point, we ate in front of the tv. Never at the table. On the other hand, in our house, I cook most of the time. If I’m out of town, they get a lot of food delivered or fast food, but in any event, everyone sits together at the table and has a conversation while we eat. My MIL eats with us just about every night, so it’s a multigenerational dinner. Very different from how I grew up.

2. I like the food. We rarely actually watch much of the game.

[librarychica]

1. It’s pretty similar. My mom (or my dad on weekends) cooked most nights, we all served ourselves and ate together in the early evening, visited a bit, and cleared the table. Now I cook most nights (H on weekends), we eat together, visit a bit, clear the table. It’s different from how H grew up. Dinner is less formal at our house than my in laws, we eat earlier, and I just set all the food out on/by the stove and everyone serves themselves and carries their plate to the table. We only bring serving dishes to the table for special occasions. And everyone cleans up. Do not leave a plate on my table, I don’t work here.

2. I like the grocery stores sales best about Super Bowl, honestly. Yesterday I left the store with $200 in groceries and it actually felt like $200 in groceries!

[rere]

1.My mom cooked every night, dad was one that expected dinner on the table when he got home, which may explain some of their divorce. Not necessarily a pleasant experience, because we really did not get along.

I cook most nights during the week and we ate as a family at the table. We catch up on the day or what is going on. This was because I wanted them to have as much of a balanced diet as possible and I like to cook. During the weekends, DH does most of the cooking on the grill or smoker. The kids actually thought it was a treat on the weekend not to have "family supper" as they called it.


1. I'm there strictly for food.

[186momx]

1. Dinner was everyone sat at the table together and ate a large meal together. Think Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner every night of the week. No, we don't eat like that. Actually, we all eat in shifts most nights and eat sitting on the couch. I hate sitting at the table by myself staring at the wall. I know sitting on the couch and watching TV while you eat is a bad habit, but it is what it is.

2. I'm normally working during Superbowl Sunday. I like watching the commercials after the fact.

[mae0111]

1. What was dinner time like for you growing up? Is it similar or different to your family's dinner time now?

My mom also cooked every night. My dad was often not home because he worked shifts when I was younger. Sometimes he would wake up in time to eat his breakfast with us while we ate dinner, especially if he was in the middle of a long stretch of night shifts. But we all gathered, usually to a meat/starch/veggie meal. It's not similar at all. We never eat as a family. Every time I try, it's a complete shit show and someone ends up crying, usually because I didn't cook pasta or pizza.

2. What is your favorite part of Superbowl Sunday? The game, the commercials, the food, or is it not something you care about?

As a Patriots fan, I used to love the Superbowl for the game. Then after Brady moved to Tampa Bay, I'd still enjoy watching him play. Then I'd find another team. Then I'd watch the commercials. Now since DH and I are really trying to lose weight, I don't care about any of it at all...

[twinmomma]

1. My family was very strict about family dinner, all around the table together. My parents almost took it to an extreme by the time I was in high school and they'd make me come home from activities or hanging out, sit around the table to have dinner, and then I could go back out again. It didn't matter if it was a home cooked meal, pizza, or drive thru take out, we were all sitting around the table to eat together.
Now, we try to get everyone to sit around the table and eat together as a family, but it's hit or miss. Often times the kids will sit and eat together and then DH and I will eat after them. This is mainly because DH believes in cooking a separate meal for the kids vs. us, so dinner happens in two rounds. I don't think we need to be as hardcore about it as my family, but I do wish we were a little better about making a point to eat together and catch up, especially since we're only all together half the time.

2. I like the game and the food. With ExH, we used to host a couple close friends for the superbowl and it was a fun party atmosphere, but we all actually watched the game intently. With H now, we haven't really done that. We'll make yummy food and have a "party" with the kids, but haven't really had people over. In part because our house wasn't conducive to hosting a real group and in part because the Patriots haven't been as actively involved as they used to be LOL

[supertrooper1]

1. We ate dinner at 3:30 every day, unless it was a birthday or holiday, and then it was 2pm because my dad would start the cow feeding and milking after dinner. My mom was the only cook until I was old enough to help or sometimes cook. We ate dinner at the table. When I started high school sports and I would have a plate waiting for me when I got home. We had a lot of dinner guests. 4-5 weeks per year the silage crew would eat with us at the table which wasn't the norm for farmers in our area who would make their crew bring their own food and eat in the tractor. Random farm salesmen would stop by at dinner time and end up eating with us. We always had a full table at holidays too. Now, we don't have a set dinner time and eat on the couch in front of the tv. I do most of the cooking but Beau and DS will sometimes make meals.

2. If the Seahawks are playing, I watch the game. But I mostly watch for the commercials, half time, and enjoy the food. I hadn't thought about groceries until librarychica mentioned it, but that is a great perk too!

[waverly]

Feb 6, 2024 11:21:41 GMT -5 supertrooper1 said:

1.  What was dinner time like for you growing up?  Is it similar or different to your family's dinner time now?  

2. What is your favorite part of Superbowl Sunday?  The game, the commercials, the food, or is it not something you care about?  

I think we ate at 6:30 at the table before my parents divorced. I was 13 when they separated. In high school my mom worked and went to night school 2 nights a week so I would cook something.

Our dinner time now is around sports so it varies. DH cooks about 70% and I cook 30%. We eat in front of the TV sometimes and sometimes at the dining table.

I don’t really care about the Super Bowl usually but if the neighbors are having a party then food and drink is usually better than the game.

[erbear]

1. We still eat together Sunday-Thursday every week. Weekends are all over the place -- sometimes we all go out, sometimes just DH and I do. My family ate together most night (my dad traveled so mom, sister and I) but we always had Sunday dinner and you DID NOT MISS IT.

2. I like the food and beer. We have a tradition of food and beer from the places where the teams are from and that's fun.

[dglvrk2]

1. Growing up, family dinners could be too much of a project. We had more evening obligations than my family currently does so... Yeah ....haphazard is the word that comes to mind.
My family usually eats together around 7:00 or 8:00. I really enjoy this time with my daughters and husband.

2. The super bowl is the football game that follows the Puppy Bowl, right? Most years I couldn't care less about the super bowl. Nobody wants me at their party because I just want to talk to people and drink wine. Most other people are paying attention to some game on TV. So... I suppose my favorite thing about super bowl Sunday is rather empty ski trails!

[xctsclrx]

1. Dinner time growing up was kind of sad. My parents would watch TV and I would eat alone at the table. Only child until I was 10. I didn't realize how sad it was until one day DD was crying because she was eating all alone. She was maybe 4. Ever since then I make sure that a child has someone sitting with them. Usually we only have "family dinner" 2 times a week, the rest are grab and go or eating at different times. However we make a conscious effort to eat together if we are all home, and it's no phones or books at the table

2. Definitely the company, we go to a friend's house and it's awesome.

[sdlaura]

1. I don’t really remember much about what we did growing up when my sister and I were really little - as we got older we would eat together when we were home from activities and my mom cooked most nights. Now, we are not great about doing family dinners. All six of us don’t eat the same thing and often we have activities going on so either DH or me are not home, as well as one or two of the kids. And it’s hard to get my crazy 3 and 6 year old boys to sit still for very long. So usually we only all sit down for a meal when we have company or are out to dinner on vacation (at home we usually don’t take the kids out to eat at restaurants - we will pick up food and eat at home). DH and I take turns cooking depending on who is home. I usually make two blue apron meals each week, and we always do taco Tuesday. I know family dinner is a big priority for a lot of people, but it’s not for us.

2. We usually have my parents and one other family over to watch the Super Bowl. Kids swim/go on the hot tub and we eat.