I grew up in a home where the six of us sat around a big trestle table.
My dad sat in a chair at the head, my oldest brother got the other chair at the foot of the table. Benches on each side were perfect - my mom and I shared the bench closest to the kitchen. (I suppose so she could jump up and grab whatever we kids forgot to put on the table.) My sister and youngest brother shared the other bench.
Perfect arrangement.
Except it very seldom worked out that way.
