When I was way younger we normally have sections of how food is been divided in the house especially dinner, because my family was large, we had some extended family staying with us also, it was impossible for all of us to eat from one plate, so at that time my mum and dad would eat together, when they are done my brothers and uncles would take over the dinning table, they were all grown up, so they’d fill up the table, while my elder sister eats with my aunt, my younger sister and I would always eat differently because we’re the babies of the house, and my younger sister loves oppressing me by always eating her meat and also stylishly eats mine, so since then we normally eat differently, but when I grew older I realized that there’s this joy and bond that’s normally produced when family dine together, from then onwards my younger sis, my elder sis, my aunt and I started eat from same plate, also they always took the bigger meat but I am always happy eating with them.
And even to this day present that I now stay with my brother and his family, I eat with children, most times they can be very annoying while eating, they would talk, quarrel and fight over the food, they would litter everywhere with food but I don’t really mind, because although they’re a little bit annoying they can also be very funny, so it actually makes eating with them interesting, sometimes when my brother is not around my sister, the children and I all gather to eat from one plate, my sister-in-law doesn’t like to eat alone because according to “the food will not enter body” this means that she won’t be able to eat much of the food, but when her husband is around she mostly eats with except my brother doesn’t want to eat the particular food that we’re eating.
Eating together as a family is very important because, it brings the family together, just as we sit and watch the television together and gist and laugh, thats how it is whenever we are eating, eating together also brings about correction, for instance one my nieces doesn’t really eat appropriately, she eats and stains her mouth and clothes, and even stains someone else. So while we eat together, we always try to correct her and let her know that she’s a girl and she’s not supposed to be eating the way she does.
Eating together also saves food, we all know that the economy is not well to do with, when a family eats together is hard to remain food that goes to waste, but when everyone is being served differently, food becomes nothing to some and they tend to always waste it. In my home, we don’t agree with swallow (eba), so we always make it very small and guess what? We still end up wasting it, just imagine if we serve everybody differently, my nieces and nephew would even end up not eating at all.
I love the fact as a family we eat together, because its time in which we bond, and I would love for this style not to be changed.
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