Dinner Conversations

You can tell a lot about a family by eating dinner with them.  I love dinner’s with my family, but if someone sat in on one they’d probably think my siblings and I were crazy. 90% of the things I say every meal are a quote from an Adam Sandler, Chris Farley or Will Ferrel movie.  If you’re like my parents, and don’t love these movies, it probably appears as though we’re talking in a different language.  This seems perfectly normal to me though, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

I also love eating dinner with other families to see how they interact at the table.  I’ve seen some families where the siblings and parents make fun of each other non-stop, but they know it’s all fun and games and they don’t think much of it.  I’ve seen other families where the kids talk about very inappropriate topics, and the parents just laugh it off.  I’ve eaten with families in other countries where the only goal of the cook was to make me eat so much I couldn’t move for an hour after the meal.  And maybe the weirdist of all are the families that take their dinners very seriously, encourage manners and politeness, and keep the conversation about the weather or how their day went.

Although I would never trade my comedy-driven, often repetitive family dinners, it’s great to eat with other families and see we’re not the only crazy one.