I was struck by how mealtimes at a friend's house was not a family affair. Everyone just grabbed their food and disappeared in their room or whatever part of the rambling mansion they chose to eat from.
After spending a whole day and night in that household and barely saying two words to the rest of the family, I begun longing for the warm conversation on my own family's table and most of all the companionship of sitting down to eat together.
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