Eating From Same Plate

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Hollywood is battered and bruised, but it’s romantic legacy lives on. Younger YouTube directors perpetuate its notion of I love you and we will live happily ever after, just the two of us and nobody else.

The two people do everything together including wearing matching clothes and sleeping in one bed. But, they don’t eat from the same plate. Once upon a time, all societies ate from the same big plate. It’s where kids imbibed culture and language and more importantly, where they learned to share.

The problem with love marriages is that they constantly need a new coat of paint. Love must be refreshed and refurbished, which is very difficult in 2023 because men have a wide choice of ‘love’ online. They open websites, click, look, and love. Wives know, but what can they do? They can initiate eating from the same plate or platter. This is relatively easy for young couples because there are no kids yet. When they come, they can induct them into eating together. Billions of families still do it in all four corners of the earth.

Advantages of Eating From Same Plate

1. It increases intimacy they can carry over to the bed.

2. Forces the two people to streamline work schedules, so they can eat dinner together.

3. Increases career understanding because they talk more about their work, than they did before.

4. Inculcates eating slowly and small pieces.

5. Encourages joint planning of meals.

6. Reduces cellphone use during meals.

7. Less dishes to be washed.

It’s nothing new really because the two people drank from the same cup when they took their vows or fed each other a piece of the wedding cake.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.