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It has been too long since my wife and I have dropped off our kids with a sitter and gone out on a date night. But tonight as she was making dinner I had an idea. I was walking through the formal dining room in our home and I stopped to look at some fall decorations my wife had displayed on the table. She had a couple candles as well.
It occurred to me that I had not once sat down at this table and enjoyed a meal. We've lived in this house for just over 10 months and had the dining room set restored shortly after we closed on this house. It's a nice antique set that dates to the early 1920s and cost a few bucks to get restored. All that and I have not even used it beyond, save for it makes for a nice display as you enter the house.
In a rare flash of brilliance, I lit the candles and then suggested to my wife we let the kids eat their dinner while watching a Snoopy cartoon and she and I could eat in our dining room. We banned the kids from entering and sat and talked. No TV, no computers, no kids. Just the two of us. It was almost like a date.
Duchamp Girl has done this for me once in a while. She bakes nice cakes and throws open the picnic cloth in her living room. I bring some food on and we sit on the ground and eat till we get sick. It's nice once in a while, especially when it's raining or snowing outside.
Truth be told, people used to do this in old times. Normal people. The world just got loco. There's this whole concept of having a quiet dinner at home. We only see it in period flicks now.
I remember growing up, we lived in an old house that had a breakfast room where we all ate. The room had swinging doors on each side leading into the kitchen and dining room. They were always open, except on Friday nights. On those nights we 3 kids would get TV dinners in the living room (and when we were older, we would be out) and my parents would close themselves off and have dinner alone by candlelight, Steak, baked potatoes and steamed artichokes. We were to never breach the barrier unless someone was bleeding or had suffered a broken bone.
They have been married for 60 years, but sadly do not live together anymore since my dad went into an Alzheimer's home 2 years ago.
I always admired their ability to take care of their marriage with those little moments.
I like these too. I work in a the most crowded area in the country and a break from crowds and noise is relaxing. Going out once in a while is my game. My GF cooks great and I sm slowly learning to cook too.
That's a cute story and a good reminder that it truly is the little things. It doesn't have to cost anything or expend a lot of effort, but those are some of the most memorable times we have in life.
It has been too long since my wife and I have dropped off our kids with a sitter and gone out on a date night. But tonight as she was making dinner I had an idea. I was walking through the formal dining room in our home and I stopped to look at some fall decorations my wife had displayed on the table. She had a couple candles as well.
It occurred to me that I had not once sat down at this table and enjoyed a meal. We've lived in this house for just over 10 months and had the dining room set restored shortly after we closed on this house. It's a nice antique set that dates to the early 1920s and cost a few bucks to get restored. All that and I have not even used it beyond, save for it makes for a nice display as you enter the house.
In a rare flash of brilliance, I lit the candles and then suggested to my wife we let the kids eat their dinner while watching a Snoopy cartoon and she and I could eat in our dining room. We banned the kids from entering and sat and talked. No TV, no computers, no kids. Just the two of us. It was almost like a date.
We need to do that more often.
All my pretty china is still boxed up in the basement, and the dining room table has become a second office while my husband is in school. But I can imagine a quiet candlelit dinner! Nice going.
It gets harder when you have teenagers. Those bastards never go to sleep.
OK, this is FUNNY!!!!
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