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What is the oldest (optional) element of your daily routine? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So not bathroom related tasks, but more like some arbitrary thing you must and always do daily.

For me, I watch Anton Petrov's daily white paper summary with dinner since some time in 2018. Even when New Pipe is down, I hit up Vimeo or Odyssey to watch Anton.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm very interested, would like to have family dinner tradition too when/if I start a family. I just don't have any idea how to start. Can you tell me more how does the routine go? Like, who is responsible for what? Do you cook/buy dinner? What are the do's and don'ts while having dinner? How to enforce it while making sure everyone enjoy this routine? What kind of obligations are okay as an excuse to not participate?

I know it's too many questions, just the gist of it is fine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It’s more for immediate family in the house. My wife loves to cook so she usually does, unless she’s going to be busy and then I’ll chip in. Sometimes we have the kids make dinner and we meal plan so they get to decide what to make.

Conversation is a lot more organic than you’re thinking. We talk about our day or what we’ve recently learned. Could go into taboo subjects like religion and politics. The kids get some great critical thinking exercises. If someone has something going on then we try to eat around that (ex. like a sports function to be at). Most other people eat around the same time (5p-6p) so it’s fairly easy to ensure we eat together most nights.

I guess the biggest take away is that we set this expectation since before we had kids, my wife and I tried to eat dinner together whenever possible, and the kids have grown up with that routine so they’re used to it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Me and my husband do the same. It might seem silly but I can't stress the importance of sharing a meal together enough. It helps teach kids so many things in a shared household.