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Date Posted: 01:40:37 09/28/25 Sun
Author: Boudreaux
Subject: Kids Not Table
In reply to: JeffsFort 's message, "IMAGINE Magazine Question for 11/15 - " At the Kid's Table"" on 16:35:16 09/27/25 Sat

When I was little, all the family eating meetings were held at my maternal grandparents' home. The proverbial kids' table actually meant anywhere inside the house EXCEPT at the table. The adults all sat around the table in the dining room. The littlest kids, those over two and under four, sat on the floor in the living room with one of two of the moms sitting nearby to watch over them. The kids from five to about nine were sent to the first bedroom. You could sit on the floor or on the bed, or you could stand up and put your plate on the bedside table or the dresser, which was a waist high piece of furniture with drawers in it for folded clothes like t shirts, socks, and undies. The kids that were over ten, but under 15, got the back bedroom with the same setup as far as seating went. If there were kids over 15, but under 30 and still unmarried, they got to eat at a table under the carport outside. The unmarried designation was important. It didn't matter if you were 29 years old and had a doctorate degree; if you weren't married, you were one of the kids. My grandfather died and we stopped having those huge family gatherings before I ever got old enough or married so I could eat at the table in the dining room. To be fair though, when I spent the summers with my grandparents and it was just us three, plus or minus any similarly aged cousin that might have been there to keep me company, I did get to eat at the table then, just not at the big whole family get togethers.

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  • Oh wow... -- Mike, 05:23:40 09/28/25 Sun
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