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What Dinnertime Looks Like Some Nights

by Alex Iwashyna

in My Family, Pets

Sometimes we’re just too tired for a sit-down, family dinner so we all settle in front of the television.

Cat at table

The shoes are on the table because we have a puppy. Normally, I’m slightly phobic about shoes on anything but the floor.

Cat eating dinner

Oh, am I supposed to explain the cat, too?

Huckle appreciated my efforts more than most that night since my daughter refused to eat her noodles of buttery goodness. I’m bring up that furry beast right.

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Kristin @ What She Said January 15, 2013 1

My mom read in a book a few years ago (a really popular one whose name I can’t remember now) that in Middle Eastern cultures, shoes on the bed is an omen of bad fortune. Not sure if that applies to shoes on the table, too, but I’m just sayin’… ;)

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Alex Iwashyna January 15, 2013 2

I’m sure the black cat eating pasta cancels it out.

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Lily from It's A Dome Life January 15, 2013 3

This could be my house. Just replace the cat with a dog and the adorable, dark haired, boy child with an adorable, blond haired girl child. It’s like peeking into an alternative universe or something.

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Lady Jennie January 15, 2013 4

Thank goodness we are not the only ones whose dinnertime looks like that. You have just saved me some therapy bills.

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Elaine A. January 15, 2013 5

So glad to find out I’m not the only one whose kid does not eat dinner. ;)

Love the cat. ha ha!

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Katie January 15, 2013 6

Aw. I miss a kitty sitting on a chair by me. Even if it meant I was constantly saying, “get your nose…hey! and your PAW out of my food!”

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Alex Iwashyna January 15, 2013 7

If a kitty isn’t getting on your nerves a bit, he’s left the room.

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srishayini January 15, 2013 8

really enjoyed reading the article and the comments – made me feel content and feel at ease that this is normal

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