Wow: eating together is just as important as sex in a relationship
Did you just skip dinner to enjoy some humptydumpty, only to find out that you really shouldn't do that? Putting your knife and fork into a tasty meal is just as important for your relationship as showing each other the corners of the bedroom. Look, that gives a whole new meaning to Netflix and chill.
When I read somewhere to heal your relationship with food, I think that your relationship improves by eating. This probably says something about me, about my relationship, and about my relationship with food, because that's not what they meant at Goop at all. Still, the idea triggered me, because is it possible to have or get a better relationship by (together) eating? In my search, I stumbled upon a rather interesting study.
Taking the time to eat together is just as necessary in a relationship as having sex with each other. This is evident from research conducted by The Marriage Foundation, so it also concerns the married folks among us. Ha, I find this exceptionally good news. A lot of people find it strange that I have breakfast with my boyfriend every morning. At a table. With a double espresso. What am I saying? An egg is even cooked. They always find that very peculiar, but now it turns out to be absolutely necessary.
By the way, you should read the fine print of the research, because it's not entirely clear whether happy couples simply eat together more often because they are happy or if they are happier because they eat together. I bet on the latter. Eating together is just as important for your relationship as having sex with each other. Now you have two nice things to do together that are enjoyable. Win-win.
The funny thing about this whole study is that your food tastes better when you eat it with your partner. Apparently, the presence of your other half acts like a kind of delicious gravy over the food. Honestly, why would you still eat separately? Except for that one time when you mindlessly shove your pizza from the box into your mouth with your button undone while watching Bridgerton. No one needs to watch that, of course.
