Survey #253—Full Response from DS
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Which of the following statements describe your living situation with respect to a dining room and dining-room furniture? |
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| Please complete the following statement: “Members of my household and I eat most of our meals _____.” | In the kitchen |
| Please complete the following statement: “When I want to entertain guests for a meal, we usually eat _____.” | Depending on the number of people, we eat in the kitchen or adjoining dining room. |
| What feelings or memories—positive, negative, or in-between—does the phrase “dining room” evoke for you? How have your attitudes, beliefs, or practices around dining and entertaining changed over time? What impact, if any, do dining and entertaining have on the clutter in your space? | We went to my grandmothers nearly every Sunday when I was a child, and always ate in her dining room. As many as 20 people would be there. So, a dining room makes me think of family and togetherness and makes me happy. Having a separate dining room adjoining the kitchen meant that, for all of our married life, we could have all sorts of celebrations and larger quantities of guests. Throwing a get together for up to 50 people was never an issue. Because we entertain so much, there was less clutter in the house. Impromptu get together’s and “kitchen parties” meant that the house had to be sort of clutter free at all times. Once, when my husband’s business was audited, we even set up our dining room for the tax people to use and moved the pertinent records there for the week. It was so much less disruptive than having them in the actual business office. |
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