You should eat dinner with your family.
Tom and his family ran into some of his coworkers at a restaurant when out for dinner.
Tom wanted to talk about problems he'd been having at work.
Tom invited his coworkers to join him and his family for dinner.
Tom sat at a table with this coworkers leaving his family alone at another table.
Tom's family learned about the stress he and his coworkers were under.
Tom's family gave him the cold shoulder on the way home.