Like it or not, my sons, especially X, inherited a bad, bad habit from me. Worse of all is he is taking it to the extreme end, even surpassing my record.
I started reading and having my meals at the same time ever since I was in secondary school. I always took my own sweet time to have my lunch while reading story books. At one point in time, it was so extreme that I read when I was taking my bath. Up till today, I still eat and read if I am having my meals alone, especially breakfast and lunch. I even read when I'm having breakfast with my children. Sad to say that sometimes this hinder our communications because all three of us will be having our breakfast and reading at the same time.
However, I usually finish my meals quite fast even though I eat and read at the same time. Things are different with X. He is a slow eater in the first place but when he starts reading, he tends to stop chewing his food and he will be so mesmerized by what is in his book that he usually takes more than 1 hour to finish his food! By the time he finish is almost time for snack or supper.
I always get so frustrated with his eating habit that I always shout at him to read and eat and not read or eat. I even set a time for him to read and eat. If he could not finish his food by the stipulated time, he needs to put down his book and and pick up his spoon. Things come to a crazy end when one day I accidentally told him:
PLEASE READ, DON'T EAT!!!!
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