Ask if you have dinner time etiquette

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Dinner time is important for my mum and dad. So at very young age I learned to get to table once dinner is ready and no tv during dinner time, etc

It's probably the reason why I feel a bit annoyed after I spend an hour to prepare the dinner, hubby won't come to dinner table because he is in the middle of something. And there is always things he is working on which means most of the time I need to wait at the table for 10-30 min after dinner is ready. And in many cases, food are cold when we start!! It upsets me a bit because it feels like the effort in preparing the dinner is not appreciated. This habit kind of spread to my kids that my daughter would say "I will come for dinner after I finish xx."

I think it's because hubby's family does not have any dinner time etiquette. I know my In laws are like this too. They would get on with whatever they are working on before having dinner.

Do you have dinner time etiquette? Or is it just me?

Sorry, that was meant to be "have it cold and nasty".
Even with preview I missed that

Turning up to eat a hot meal someone has prepared when it is ready is not etiquette. Not doing so is just rude. My ex used to do this from time to time and I would get really cross!

You need to talk to each other. There will be a variety of acceptable ways to be. You need to come to a joint decision between you. In my home we do not do all of my preferences or all of his but have a happy medium.