Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's nice when there's stuff in the middle of the table. That's when the best conversations start to happen.
The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.
I talked about my family, my family's so important.
Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.
To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.
When you sit down around the table, it's a great time to catch up and share and talk about the day, and I think that can keep families connected and together.
The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I'd get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you.
I didn't grow up in a traditional family, and I never had a family dinner around the table, so whenever I actually had a dinner 'plan,' it meant a lot to me; it made me feel excited and safe.
I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.