Do Somali Families Eat Meals Together?

[suga_delic]

we did use 2, every breakfast n dinner. No1 is at hme 4 lunch cz of skul. Bt nw a days is even worse. Brother married, another brother moved out, sister married. Wotts left? 3ppl. 1 working, n 1 in college. Feel sori 4 mom, shes at hme on her own mst of da time these days, wen we cum bk is either too late or already eaten. Bt i love wen my brothers n sis wiv their kids come. Mom cooks huge meals. Bariis n hilib follow by chiken n pastan, top it up wiv cakes n helwaa. We eat together than. Plus Ramadhan. We all eat at one house. All the guys n da girls da guys married 2. N we help hoyn cook afur.

[HELWAA]

Well in this hectic life i doubt pple have time to eat with eachother...qof kasta waqti buu guriga imanaya..qaar shaqo ayey ku maqan yehiin..qaar skuul.maybe at the weekends we try to eat lunch together.

[Somalian_Boqor]

Mom cooks only two times and thats only when Majority of the people are home marka we are forced to eat together, sometimes it's funny and other times I just take my plate somewhere else when they decide to make me the discussion of the day.

[Twisted_Logic]

I would never sit or eat close to the window, especially with my back turned against the window; unless it is a top floor building

[black velvet]

^^^

Somali families are too big to eat together all the time.

[Twisted_Logic]

^^^

Somali families are too big to eat together all the time.

Did they make you read Sherlock Holmes "case of the dancing men," in elementary school? If so, you would know why

[black velvet]

Did they make you read Sherlock Holmes "case of the dancing men," in elementary school? If so, you would know why

Nah I was thinking about where we come from and the psychological scars, only black people born in Africa worry about sitting next to a window

[Twisted_Logic]

Did they make you read Sherlock Holmes "case of the dancing men," in elementary school? If so, you would know why

Nah I was thinking about where we come from and the psychological scars, only black people born in Africa worry about sitting next to a window

Oh. I see

[Hyperactive]

TL, ma dagar bad dad ka qabta,why you would scare sitting close to window?

bv, we sit all together around 14 people on the flood and eat, in ramadan we could be more tha 30 people.lol

[Murax]

yea i know but i when they eat with their hands all over the place and start grapping from one plate to another it puts me off, i like to just take my own plate ad eat quietly on the side

Well, they don't have to eat from one big bowl, what I'm saying is to share a meal, and sit on one table, but each person will put his food on his plate.
you are not only teaching kids a lost art, but you will also teaching eating manners, and how to socialize, so that when they go to school or work caferteria they don't have to embrass themselves by eating with an open mouth and talking while their mouth is full, we use to learn those stuff at dinner table.
But nowadays it's convenient for family members to heat up their own meal in the microwave at different times and retreat to their own corners of the house and go back to the computer or watching tv.[/img]

Actually You have a point there. We used to all eat together until like High School, and then people started getting wierd schedules. However I remember My Aunt slapping us, and bopping us on the head for bad table manners. Stuff like using part of the napkin not getting it all dirty, not talking with Your mouth full, how to eat basto 'properly' , etc. Actually its great in the early years but later on it becomes tough as the family gets older.

[black velvet]

TL, ma dagar bad dad ka qabta,why you would scare sitting close to window?

bv, we sit all together around 14 people on the flood and eat, in ramadan we could be more tha 30 people.lol

wow I no longer have an excuse

[Twisted_Logic]

TL, ma dagar bad dad ka qabta,why you would scare sitting close to window?

bv, we sit all together around 14 people on the flood and eat, in ramadan we could be more tha 30 people.lol

I am a wanted man bro.