- Electronics
- Headphones
- Cellphones
- Telephones
- Television
- Discussion of underwear (I also had to ban “u-wear” after the girls thought they would get creative)
- Discussion of body fluids (I’m married to a nurse, after all)
- Hats (unless we’re outside)
- Dark glasses (unless we’re outside in the sun)
- Food not prepared/approved for the meal by the cook
- Reading material
- Homework (less of a problem with us today; we only have one student in the family right now!)
- Puzzles
- Doodling
- Bad language
- Blue humor
- Shameless double entendres
- Toilet humor
Those are the rules. Electronics get put away before food is passed.
What happens if discussion turns in a way unacceptable to me? I clang on my glass with a fork until it stops (which has now become a cliché, but it works!).
Problems have changed … electronics were an issue back in junior high, but not now with the twenty-somethings in the family. Language is an increasing problem, however, as it often is when that age. Unfortunately.
We sit down together, we eat together. And it is a very good thing.
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I’m wondering about the double entendre rule since Velda is really, really good at that 🙂
Velda has many skills, that is true. However, some things don’t belong at the family dinner table IMNSHO.