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Eating with other people

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I just wondered how other people feel about this and thought it might be a good topic to discuss.  There are many factors,  aside from the sensory and communication aspects. I have come to realise as I get older, just how much it is a social thing over a refuelling thing.

Is eating a social occasion or a functional occasion for you? Or a bit of both, or context dependant? I'm not talking just about dining out or special occasions but, for example, eating lunch with colleagues etc.

I was going to post more but I'd like to see what others say first

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  • Even eating with my closest family is hard for me - the clicking sound of cutlery off plates is terrible. And talking too. For me eating is functional. Filling my stomach to not feel hungry for some time. I hate family gatherings but if I really have to, I show up, smile, nod my head as a response to small talk approaches and then after leaving my grandparents I used to take a deep breath: finally free! Now I’m living quite far away so it doesn’t happen often anymore, but before when I was living in the same city it was few times a year. The only good thing about it is that my granny cooked really good. Now they are also older so they have no more power to organize such gatherings. 
    the only thing I liked there was washing dishes - a bit loud yeah but at least I had an excuse to not sit with others, and granny was happy because she had a helper. 

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  • Even eating with my closest family is hard for me - the clicking sound of cutlery off plates is terrible. And talking too. For me eating is functional. Filling my stomach to not feel hungry for some time. I hate family gatherings but if I really have to, I show up, smile, nod my head as a response to small talk approaches and then after leaving my grandparents I used to take a deep breath: finally free! Now I’m living quite far away so it doesn’t happen often anymore, but before when I was living in the same city it was few times a year. The only good thing about it is that my granny cooked really good. Now they are also older so they have no more power to organize such gatherings. 
    the only thing I liked there was washing dishes - a bit loud yeah but at least I had an excuse to not sit with others, and granny was happy because she had a helper. 

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