Do you still observe weekends as family days?
By eljayo
@eljayo (1105)
Philippines
July 22, 2012 6:28am CST
Hi guys! On out busy week with our jobs, school and other stuff, we must always have a time to spend with our family or have a talk with them. Family is very important because it is our foundation in this world. In our situation, my father works out of town on week days and goes home during weekends. That is why we make it a point not to have any other appointment especially on sundaes so we can be able to bond with each other. Our mom always reminds us the importance of spending time with family. My parents are not getting any younger. While they are still living we must cotinue to spend time with them. What is a day on a week to be with them I do not think that's too much. Can you share something about this?
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
23 Jul 12
We,, it is really a Good thing my husband and I do not have any kids or many times it would be hard to find much Free time together to spend any time with them. We do ourselves from time to time make time to go do something Fun together out around town, and it is always good. Lately our only time together is all day Thursday and Friday evenings. So we make the Best of it for sure.
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
23 Jul 12
Yes, I do observe Sunday as family day. We would try our best to stay at home. Not to meet friends, to go out or business matters. We would stay at home, dine together, go to the Sunday market together to buy some food stock. In the evening, we would always go out and dine as a family. Sometimes will also go for a movie after dinner. Family is precious and we have to appreciate them.
@Graceekwenx (3160)
• Philippines
22 Jul 12
Yah. We wont miss celebrating birthdays of family members in the house. We wont miss mothers' and fathers' day the most.
@eljayo (1105)
• Philippines
24 Jul 12
Hi! Its really fun to celebrate occasions with family, but what about a once a week bonding, if there is no birthday to celebrate. I do hope you still bond together even if there is no celebration. Make mother's and father's day an everyday celebration. Making it special for them everyday even if there is no occasion.
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jul 12
I agree with your mom about the importance of spending time with family. We try to do this everyday! Well, we have little ones - and we're trying to show them this now. I am a stay at home mom - so I can spend the day with the kids, but my husband is working long hours during the week - sometimes during the weekends as well. So we try to make the evenings our family time. We sit and eat dinner together and talk about what we did during the day. But otherwise we do try to reserve the weekends to do activities together as a whole family when my husband does not have to work.
@eljayo (1105)
• Philippines
24 Jul 12
Hi! Doing it everyday is good. We can spend time with them any day of the week.Its really important in keeping the family bond strong. I hope you can have a whole to spend time with the whole family but aleast you and your husband are really trying. Keep it up and God bless.:)
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
22 Jul 12
I love the weekends, and I always look forward to it, or any holiday so we can spend time with each other. My husband and I are very private people and we love our family very much, so we always plan out our weekends to involve our kids. Sometimes, we go out on a date, just the two of us. And, there are also times when we all go out to the park, mall or just have dinner in a restaurant. We also go to church on Sundays.
I believe that parents should instill the value for family time to their children, whatever the cause is.
Work to live, not live to work.
@eljayo (1105)
• Philippines
24 Jul 12
Hi! I love the setup of your family. Its good to know that even if you already have kids you still have time to date each other. Its very important in a married life with kids. May you continue to nurture that practice. Its really important that we instill that values to our next generation. God bless.:)
@wj1715393341 (50)
• China
22 Jul 12
No matter how busy,I will lay down the work to spend the weekend with my wife. I think the work is never done.A week, We have 5 days are kept busy with work ,spend one or two days with my lover,my parents is necessary.The importance of the family than work, I think
