Young,Dumb and Living off Mum BBC3

[Pogues Mcgogues]

yes....

maybe you could make a tea (people still call it tea..? ) for you and you your mum and dad

why is it that some people think that just because they do or don't do something, that is the 'norm'?

[oafc0000]

Oh no it's not just me and I agree I dislike people who take that approach as well. I know very few people who have family meals.

And why should we have a family meal anyway? It's hardly the most important thing is it?

[sifi]

yes....

maybe you could make a tea (people still call it tea..? ) for you and you your mum and dad

[Pogues Mcgogues]

See we manage to do all the things all of you have listed without some forced ceremony.

[bunique]

See we manage to do all the things all of you have listed without some forced ceremony.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

having an evening meal with friends or family is a forced ceremony..??

it's just nice, that's all.

[rachbon]

reading this thread out of boredeon, so what's the chat, evening meals?

so those of you who actually manage to have dinner with your family, do you all finish work at the same time and eat the same food? it's not really that easy..

Edited August 21, 2010 by _rachelbon

[oafc0000]

reading this thread out of boredeon, so what's the chat, evening meals?

so those of you who actually manage to have dinner with your family, do you all finish work at the same time and eat the same food? it's not really that easy..

[rachbon]

Surely at least one parent is around ? As for eating the same food, surely its not that hard to cook an evening meal everyone will like ?

Edited August 21, 2010 by _rachelbon

[oafc0000]

is that a family meal then? one parent having a meal on their own cause everyone else is working?

Edited August 21, 2010 by oafc0000

[rachbon]

I think most of us are talking about when you are raising children.... 0 to 16 ?

[rachbon]

just read the whole thread. i love a pogo and oad arguement

Yup... Can you even rent anywhere for less than £400 / £500 these days ?

[oafc0000]

it's still important to spend time with your family when the kids are over 16. the point i'm making is that it isn't that easy to have family meals.. you just need to spend time with them whenever it's possible.

if we're talking about children, then obviously the aren't working. but the parents might be, they might have to work jobs with akward shifts to make enough money to provide for their family. when i was at primary school, i used to go to my grans for dinner every day cause my mum and dad both worked. by the time they took me home, it was nearly bed time. it hasn't made us any less close. we are a very close family. if anything, i appreciate and respect them for going out and working hard becuase it couldn't have been easy for them to leave me and my brother.

i agree with you that it is important to spend time with your family, but i think the idea of a family meal, especially during the week, is a bit old fashioned - like a lot of your views on things. that's not meant as an insult, it's just that maybe things aren't as easy as you think they are.

[ampersand]

we wait until the last person's home (unless it's very late)..

and what's so hard about eating the same food?

[oafc0000]

my mum and dad refuse to eat meat, cos they are vagina's. so i rarely eat the same as them. maybe have the same meal twice a month. i regularly eat alone.

[oafc0000]

not me...

any age, whoever's round that evening

[ampersand]

What about when you was young though... At your age it's not very surprising...

[rabid]

Yes and I think it is very important... But for young children... Not at your age...

[oafc0000]

So when someone reaches, say 22, they're no longer part of the family?

[ampersand]

Where exactly did I say that ?

Edited August 21, 2010 by ampersand

[oafc0000]

when people just want to have a go at you for the sake of it.

which is mainly what these forums are these days.

which is why it's so shit and so many people have left.

Edited August 21, 2010 by oafc0000

[rabid]

Where exactly did I say that ?

[Purple Monkey]

my mum and dad refuse to eat meat, cos they are vagina's.

[oafc0000]

Oh dear.

Not for the sake of it. I firmly believe the man is a complete and utter f**kwit.

[rachbon]

we wait until the last person's home (unless it's very late)..

and what's so hard about eating the same food?

Edited August 22, 2010 by _rachelbon