Dear Queenie,
My wife and I both have outside jobs and we don’t get home at the same time, and our kids always have lots of homework. About the only time the whole family has together is at the dinner table, but if I have to work late or get caught in traffic they sit down to eat without me and I end up eating alone.
I have asked my wife to hold dinner until I get home, but she just won’t do it.
Queenie, what do you suggest?—Lonely diner
Dear Lonely,
I suggest you make a greater effort to get home in time to eat with your family. It is not fair to expect them to go hungry waiting for you to get home to eat with them, or to eat food that got cold or even spoiled because you were not there when it was ready to eat.
And when you cannot get home in time for dinner, try to schedule some other “family time.”
