My husband and I were Facetiming a couple the other day, and it was dinner time, so they proceeded to cook (an amazing) dinner, and afterwards headed over to the couch with their food to continue chatting.
Jesse astutely noticed that as they sat on their couch, they had only one plate between them and a knife and fork.
Given the closeness of our relationship, Jesse right out and joked, "Either you guys have a ton of dishes in the sink and this is your last plate, or you guys are pair eating."
(Me: Pair eating??)
Turns out, they often sit on the couch together and share their meal, having come from a tiny apartment where the habit of eating together on the lounge just stuck. And also, from the brilliance of wanting less to wash up.
This is me: Sweet. Insanely practical. Genius.
And apartments here in Tokyo are not exactly huge for the majority population, and kitchens even drastically tinier (it is not uncommon to have a single burner for all your cooking needs in a studio).
Having lived in a couple of tiny apartments in the past (i.e. here is our kitchen, dining, living, while turning around in a circle without moving), and definitely having had our share of a cosy dinner on the couch with a movie (or pjs and toasted cheese sandwiches, let's be honest), all I could think of was WHY have I never thought of that?
I have since tried said method. Happy to report that less dishes is indeed as satisfying as it sounds.
So pair eating (is it a thing?). Would you do it? Do you do it?
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