Today, many people prefer to eat their meals alone. What are the causes of this? How do you think it can influence individuals and society?

The picture of a traditional family

while

eating

lunch

or dinner is no longer seen in movies or series, as modern families are characterized by busy

people

gobbling up their

meals

alone, possibly doing another task.

This

social change is caused by certain factors

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and exerts pronounced effects on the family and society. The root cause of

people

having to, or preferring to, eat alone lies in the huge volume of work they have to do. Modern jobs necessitate

members

of staff staying in their workplace until evening, with a short

lunch

break. The enormous size of metropolitan areas makes it practically impossible to go

home

at noon

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and return to work afterwards, so most

people

do not bother to leave their workplace to have

lunch

with their family, even if they have a few hours time. Women,

on the other hand

, generally work outside

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, so they are less likely to cook for

lunch

, and sometimes dinner.

As a result

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members

of the family do not feel the emotional burden

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at

home

for

lunch

or dinner to express their gratitude for the time and energy their mother has devoted to cooking.

While

at

home

, family

members

appear not to have a close bond with each other, or share the taste of each

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food, which drives them to eat alone. Again, the picture of a middle-aged woman eating her diet salad

while

her son is eating a hotdog in his room watching Spiderman is stereotypical of many movies and series these days. The most important effect that eating

meals

alone can exert on society is the growing distance between family

members

. It should never be forgotten that eating

meals

with family

members

creates an occasion on which family

members

can speak together, discuss their problems, share their ideas and practice being a "family member". One's reluctance to eat clearly sends a message that he/she has been through a horrible day, or is facing a problem, driving other

members

of the family to find a solution quickly. Modern families are unfortunately deprived of

this

golden opportunity, creating more and more distance between them. In fact, the growing tendency to eat alone is caused by, and causes, cold relationships in the family. We seem to be stuck in a vicious cycle here. Interestingly, those

people

who eat alone finish their

meals

much faster, possibly because they do not need to observe the etiquette of eating, which has its own implications for their digestive system and health.

To sum up

, I hold the view that eating alone is a phenomenon for which modernity should be held accountable. In fact, it is one of the perceived disadvantages of modern life, because dining with family

members

shows one's commitment to his/her family, creates a golden opportunity to communicate and possibly brings medical advantages.