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Supper on the sofa?

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Bluegrass Fri 08-May-20 12:03:10

DH and I have firmly got into the habit of eating supper on the sofa in front of the TV. I wonder how many of you do this also?

BBbevan Fri 08-May-20 15:38:43

Yes we do it too. And after a busy day gardening, we have a shower and put our pjs on. Casual or not!!!!

merlotgran Fri 08-May-20 15:46:26

It's either or in our house. Depends on what we're eating.

merlotgran Fri 08-May-20 15:47:47

I do try to keep supper OFF the sofa though! grin

HurdyGurdy Fri 08-May-20 15:50:03

We have a lounge diner, so the table is convenient. But on the rare occasion we have a pizza delivered, for some reason it's dished up on the dining table, but eaten on the sofa.

I prefer eating at a table as there's less chance of me leaving a trail of whatever I've had down my front grin. Plus, my large (but reducing - yay) belly leaves little or no room on my short legs to balance a tray.

Jane10 Fri 08-May-20 15:56:58

Always have supper on knees watching TV. As a corona virus concession to standards we have Sunday lunch in the dining room even if it's only soup and sausage rolls.

annep1 Fri 08-May-20 16:40:26

Lap tray and news for us. I hate sitting at the table. Always have done. When the children were young I often sat on the sofa while OH and children sat at table.

rockgran Fri 08-May-20 16:41:18

We enjoy a meal on a tray in the conservatory watching a quiz. The chairs there are just right.

GagaJo Fri 08-May-20 16:50:20

Always at the moment. The table is currently in my bedroom masquerading as my desk. Occupying its place is a large climbing frame and slide.

Nortsat Fri 08-May-20 17:19:58

On Saturdays, we have takeaway, trays on our laps, a bottle of wine and a film from Amazon Prime. ??? My mother wouldn’t approve and she certainly wouldn’t like to see the squares of kitchen paper that we use for napkins...

On the other days, we eat at the dining table in our kitchen diner. ?

kittylester Fri 08-May-20 17:26:19

We always use napkins/serviettes (not linen but cotton) and have our own rings even if we are eating from a tray on our knees. Mustn't let standards slip. grin

SuzannahM Fri 08-May-20 17:29:50

We used to until we had a small table built into our new kitchen. Now we always eat there - we both think it's much more comfortable eating at a table than slumped in a sofa. We have a TV above the table though - often catch up on missed documentaries and things and discuss them while we have our meal.

The sofa is for a snack or cup of tea and biccy while we relax at other times.

It's also much more convenient - everything is in cupboards around us so don't need to load trays up with sauces, salt, pepper, cutlery, bread and butter.... just bung it on the table. Also quicker to clear away and load everything into the dishwasher.

phoenix Fri 08-May-20 17:36:59

kitty wash your mouth out for using the s word! shock

Missfoodlove Fri 08-May-20 17:58:42

ethelteabags1 You have got me all wrong!
I am not shaming anyone.
I have to eat at a table, I just do not enjoy sitting on a sofa to eat.
Television was rationed when the children were little and mealtimes were for engaging with each other not watching TV so my 3 would laugh at the hypocrisy.
Food is an important part of my adult life as when I was a child mealtimes were fraught.
I developed an eating disorder, to overcome it I had to make eating a happy and positive experience.

jusnoneed Fri 08-May-20 18:34:15

All our meals are eaten while sitting in our armchairs in the living room. We only have a small bench table in the kitchen (made by a friend to fit the space, for the grandkids when they were small and used to see us) which isn't very comfortable for adults.
No telly on usually, hard enough to find something to watch in the evening and just about impossible during the day.

kittylester Fri 08-May-20 18:55:00

phienix, just wanted to cover all bases. grin

grannyrebel7 Fri 08-May-20 19:11:39

We eat on the sofa in the lounge in front of the TV Mon - Sat, but on Sunday we have a proper roast dinner on the table in the dining room. Also if the family or friends visit we eat at the table. Don't know how this habit of eating in front of the TV evolved as when our kids were home we never did this.

oldgimmer1 Fri 08-May-20 19:17:55

I never eat by a table unless out for a meal or at someone else's.

I always eat in my glasses as well - the food looks biggergrin.

Alima Fri 08-May-20 19:24:42

We always eat a knife and fork meal at the dining table. Something we have always done. Ours is a living room/dining room, the TV or radio is usually on. Sarnies and stuff like that we eat on the sofa. (Wary of stating this but DH is rather accident prone (clumsy?) so eating say spag bol from plates on our laps doesn’t bear thinking about).

rubysong Fri 08-May-20 20:19:56

Breakfast in bed for me, not for DH who gets up after a cuppa. Lunch (sandwich and apple) in front of bargain hunt. Evening meal (dinner/tea/supper whatever) at the dining table with napkins.

welbeck Fri 08-May-20 20:33:04

i thought napkin rings were considered rather infra dig.

Gingster Fri 08-May-20 20:42:36

We have breakfast and Sunday lunch at the table but most other times on trays on our laps. I would like to sit at the table for every meal but DH likes to relax on the sofa. He always spills food on his jumper and sitting all hunched over isn’t good for digestion. Oh well!

kittylester Fri 08-May-20 20:51:03

How would we know who owned which napkin, welbeck?

Witzend Fri 08-May-20 20:58:17

Unless there’s anyone else eating with us, we always have trays on laps for dinner.
One reason, not that we need one! - is that our dining table is my office cum work table, and very often covered with paperwork, knitting/sewing paraphernalia, etc.

janeainsworth Fri 08-May-20 21:13:28

We always eat at the table in the kitchen.
At one time we would sometimes eat in front of the telly if there was something we particularly wanted to watch, but a) it always seemed a faff to carry through to the lounge the salt & pepper, salad dressing, wine, wine glasses, & cutlery rather than just plonking them all in the kitchen table and b) it just felt less comfortable, as the food wasn’t being digested properly.
And then we had to cart everything back to the kitchen.
We don’t have TV in the kitchen and that’s the way I like it.

sodapop Fri 08-May-20 21:17:31

Glad I'm not the only one Westcoaster we have trays on the sofa too and I always manage to spill something down my front.