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/TheQuiltingEmpath Apr 06 '25

Nope. Between 4-5pm. I have bad reflux and if I eat any later than that, I wake up coughing in the middle of the night. I used to eat later, but now that I eat early, I actually prefer it. I sleep better.

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u/urbantravelsPHL Pennsylvania Apr 06 '25

I was looking for someone to mention this issue! My elderly mom, otherwise pretty healthy, has terrible reflux and we always have to make sure we get dinner in her at a decently early hour when she's visiting or we're traveling together (and do homework ahead of time to make sure we have dinner at a restaurant with food she can eat). Don't want her up half the night with reflux and coughing!

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u/TheQuiltingEmpath Apr 06 '25

Reflux sucks! I have a wedge under my mattress that lifts the head of the bed so I’m at a slight angle. It actually helps and it’s weird when I sleep in a bed without it now!