I use to say it when i was in primary school nd even in secondary school, that was to my guidian then, but now i eat mostly outside so everything don go commot as i no go fit tell the food seller thank you cos na money i go pay.

To me ì dnt tink its bad for a child to aprc8 hs/ha parents efort in providin meals. i tel my hubby tank u afta meal,my son say d same as well. its jst curtsey nd a way of shwin aprciation.

Unlike everyone here who says Thank you all the time, i rarely say thank you after a meal at home and that' s because i do most of the cooking. However when i am served food outside my house by default i always say thank you before and after the meal.

It was actually a sort of culture shock to me at the early stage of my marriage. Being yoruba married to an igbo. My inlaws were like "thank you ogor" even if they breath air in my house. I was brought up to thank the person who eat in my house not the other way round. Even then, it will not be specifically for eating but for coming around to visit.

My wife initially took offence anytime I chop clean mouth without aftermeal 'thank you' but as time went by, she got used to it. Nowadays, my inlaws have learnt to keep their 'thank you after every meal' at home when they come visiting because they know I will not respond

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Not everything done while growing up in our part of the world is a cliche because of it's absence in modern western cultures. Some practices in our climes are really worth emulating. Such practice as the one mentioned are what make foreigners use the word "warm" when talking about us. This is a practice that does more good than harm, so why should we allow it to die. I think it is still relevant to show a verbal appreciation even if as an encouragement for someone carrying out his/her responsibility.

A customer came to pay in bulk cash, and while counting his money he excused himself to quickly eat his food which he brought and bought with his money, to my surprise when he came back he said thank you to me and I asked him for what, he said that is dere culture. That when they finish eating they must say thank you to elders around the place to show a sign of respect even if they aren't d one that gave you the food. #wat a good gesture#

Ok, so where do I start from with all the mosquito's that insulted me for my comment? E no go better for all of you, hungry church rats. State what you do at home, and how your parents expect you to say thank you, for feeding you abeg. I can never ask my kids to behave that way towards me. For what? Which kind of funny environment is that. Like Gambrosia said, too local.

I think is relevant cos its a sign of appreciation,my 16 year old cousin says thank you to my parents and evryone else after evry meal even when she is the one that prepared and served the food,i feel so ashamed when she does that cos i neva say thank you to my parents after eating.

Chuck D:


teletubies in the house. so what is it now? "Jesus add more fish, Satan Sidon look"?

na u sabi o papa ajasco

layorhaja: I say thank you to my wife after after a meal. It is not easy for a woman to come back from work and go straight into the kitchen and cook. It is a way of being grateful. . Even though i give her the morning to cook the food.

You gave her the morning to cook: You be God? Na you dey give her afternoon?

D deepest principle in human nature is the crave to be appreciated. No matter hw little d deed, it calls fr appreciaxn

I think saying thank you after eating has to do with your culture,been a yoruba guy,it's not part of our culture but I realised that in d east were I finished studying,I found out that it's an in thing there,so when ever I am around them when I finish eating I will say thank u,I got so used to it that when I went back home I started saying tank you to my mum after eating,one day my father called me and asked me why I always say thank you after a meal and that it's not part of our culture,he also said that it's there responsibility as parents to feed us,I simply told him that it's becos of my schooling in d east.

baby_123: Ok, so where do I start from with all the mosquito's that insulted me for my comment? E no go better for all of you, hungry church rats. State what you do at home, and how your parents expect you to say thank you, for feeding you abeg. I can never ask my kids to behave that way towards me. For what? Which kind of funny environment is that. Like Gambrosia said, too local.

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baby_123: Ok, so where do I start from with all the mosquito's that insulted me for my comment? E no go better for all of you, hungry church rats. State what you do at home, and how your parents expect you to say thank you, for feeding you abeg. I can never ask my kids to behave that way towards me. For what? Which kind of funny environment is that. Like Gambrosia said, too local.

As your I.D suggests, you be real baby! Kindly move to the kid's section.

Julieccentric:

As your I.D suggests, you be real baby! Kindly move to the kid's section.

kid section dey

harlos: kid section dey

U no know? U fit join am too

Please guy tank u is a mata of choice and not by force it comes the heart if you feel the urge to say it then say it and not to say it because orda pple say it as well or the society appreciate that as well.abeg oh nah by force!

Please guy tank u is a mata of choice and not by force if it comes the heart if you feel the urge to say it then say it and not to say it because orda pple say it as well or the society appreciate that as well.abeg oh nah by force!

Please guy tank u is a mata of choice and not by force if it comes from the heart and if you feel the urge to say it then say it and not to say it because orda pple say it as well or the society appreciate that as well.abeg oh nah by force!

evantical: when we were growing up, saying thank you after each meal to our parents or any elderly person around was the norm,even if they are in in another room,you must walk in any say thank you. Wives do greet their hubands as well. Bt lately I have noticed that all these are being eroded in our own time. Is it tha it is an old fashion or people lacking home training?

Thank you for this thread,
Do you know that I got to know that " saying thank you after meal" exists not until last year when my niece came visiting?
The first time she said it after eating I asked her what the thanking was for.
I laughed when she said for the food. Well its just a fashion enforce on some children which lacks genuity. This girl in matter was sent packing after few weeks for her rudeness and bad behaviour, though she didn't fail in the thank you aspects.

It is very necessary cos even d western people we claimed we are copying do say 'thanks' or 'nice meal'. Saying thank u to ur provider after each meal wil nt make u shorter than u are. It's just simple courtesy!

I think it's part of the ibo culture (Which i kind of appreciate). My uncle's wife came for holiday in our house in 2011, after every meal, she keep saying "Thank You" My mum was like "What does the Thank You signify? It's my obligation to feed you, girl" But she did not stop saying it....

Am trying to develop that habit too, am getting there.

You place nice topic on board well in our family. Everybody say so from the youngest to the mum and to dad finally to God any time we eat anything both at home or outside we make it our culture now it our saying sincerely not for saying sake but we teach our children the meaning

ferhyntorlah:

Sorry Mr Layorhaja, you mistakenly typed morning for money.

ferhyntorlah:

Sorry Mr Layorhaja, you mistakenly typed morning for money.

( couldn't find your original post so I copied and pasted ^^^.... I guess guru thingy knows )

What's with the sorry tho ? You just called out his typo error like some major blunder he made on purpose and you are sorry? Like seriously fehintola?....mrs teacher Fehin okon !! you crack me up.

Julieccentric:

U no know? U fit join am too

show me the way pls... But first am i going to write application letter, cos

Well, its totally wrong to think everyone must subscribe to ur ideologies and opinions, everyone is entitled to his.
its also gud to understand that we had different backgrounds and we tend to act on d basis of wat our background gave to us.
For me, i dnt see any reason why i shd say thank you after a meal. However, i dnt think its wrong, the purpose is to inculcate a heart of gratitude from childhood.

In my culture, Isoko, we say thanks to parents or elders as we start to eat but may not bother after the meal is over. Personally i find its unnecessary and obsequious. Parents job is to provide meals for their children, as they had caused them to come to this world as a result of their pleasure-seeking sexual appetites.

It makes sense to say thanks when given a gift but not for regular meals or to elders who did not even give you the meal. It's just an ancient tradition that no one has questioned it's veracity.

Thank you to whom ever cooked/served the meal? That is basic manners. Thank you to any and every elder in the general vicinity? That's over kill

harlos: I use to say it when i was in primary school nd even in secondary school, that was to my guidian then, but now i eat mostly outside so everything don go commot as i no go fit tell the food seller thank you cos na money i go pay.

It doesn't mean. Yes! you paid for the food but there's nothing wrong in thanking her for the service she rendered to you. The koko be say, let's appreciate people.