She began to loathe the times they spent in the dining room together. Raised in a properly formal home, Rodolphus insisted that no meal ever be eaten standing up in the kitchen over the sink. Antonin had similar feelings when everyone was home for dinner. Breakfast was usually shared at the table, but it was every man for himself for lunch unless her husband was feeling particularly domestic or he had something pressing on his mind that he needed to distract himself from with menial tasks. Not Rodolphus. Sickness was the only acceptable excuse for missing a meal and even then, he wasn't always lenient. Considering he'd squeezed her throat after he insulted her days earlier, Hermione would've rather starved.