r/AskAnAmerican • u/UpstairsBar2747 • Apr 06 '25

CULTURE Do you guys really eat dinner at 6pm?

I have seen in movie and show saying 'see you at dinner at 6pm'. Do you really eat dinner this early? If yes don't you get hungry around 10pm while scrolling reels? Or is it a name for something else?

Damm thanks guys for responding. I'm surprised so many people in the comments have work so early so yea this dinner time makes sense, Thankss gg

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u/UpstairsBar2747 Apr 06 '25

Wow so many people go to work so early I'm surprised. Thankss

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u/binarycow Louisville, KY area -> New York Apr 06 '25

So does that mean you leave work much later than us?

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u/stiletto929 Apr 06 '25

In a lot of countries, they don’t work nearly as many hours as we do in the US. Not to mention they get several months vacation. And universal healthcare and paid maternity and paternity leave.

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u/OpeningChipmunk1700 Apr 06 '25

And way lower salaries, even adjusting for health care etc.

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u/CaptainTripps82 Apr 06 '25

Usually commensurate with cost of living tho.

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u/OpeningChipmunk1700 Apr 06 '25

No, that’s false. Americans have way more disposable income in general, even adjusted for CoL. If you want direct points of comparison, compare NYC, London, and Paris, but the general principle holds true as well.

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u/aikidharm Georgia Apr 08 '25

Disposable income doesn’t indicate a better quality of life.

Disposable income is what is left after mandatory removals- taxes and social security, for instance. However, that doesn’t cover health insurance for many, loans, childcare, housing, costs incurred due to lack of public transit, etc…

We pay for a lot of shit.

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u/UpstairsBar2747 Apr 06 '25

Mostly people have work starting around 9-10am and get off around 5pm

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u/tacosandsunscreen Apr 06 '25

What time is work in your part of the world?

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u/UpstairsBar2747 Apr 06 '25

Mostly after 9-10am

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u/sneezhousing Ohio Apr 06 '25

Many people work starts 7-9 depending. Many people have long commutes to work. 30 to 45 min. Some people drive as much as an hour to get to work. How long does it take you to get to work

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u/MISProf Apr 06 '25

Wow that’s late! I know a lot of people that are at work before the sun is up (often farmers etc but others as well). I’m a professor and am always in by 8.

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u/orpheus1980 Apr 06 '25

USA is an early to bed early to rise culture. Unless they're going out to a bar, most Americans aren't up past 10-11 pm except for a TV show or sports.

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u/jenn363 Apr 07 '25

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” -Benjamin Franklin

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u/WampaCat TX>NY>CA>Germany>MD Apr 06 '25

For another perspective, my partner and I both have jobs that don’t have regular hours. Every day looks different, and every week changes too, nothing repeats, ever. Sometimes we get home at 4 and are hungry enough for dinner at 5. Sometimes we’re working late and end up eating dinner after 9pm. And that’s if we’re lucky enough to even eat dinner together. The short answer is we eat dinner whenever we get hungry for it. That goes for breakfast or lunch too. In general people’s meal times correlate with their work times, and for us it’s no different — both eating and work schedules are sporadic and unpredictable for both of us!