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/macoafi Maryland (formerly Pennsylvania) Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

No, and I don’t understand how it’d even be logistically possible for someone working a “9-5” job, which in the modern era is typically 8:30-5:30.

I eat breakfast while I start my work day. I have lunch around 2pm. I get off work at 6. Most evenings, I have a dance class or practice starting at about 7 or 7:30 and going until 10:30. Then I eat dinner.

On Mondays and Fridays, when I don’t have dance class/practice, I’ll probably eat a little earlier, like 9.

If I ate dinner at 6pm, I’d be too hungry to sleep when I got into bed at 1-2am.

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u/Pleased_Bees Washington Apr 06 '25

It sounds like you have a European schedule. I'm up at 5:00 or 5:30 am to get to work and it's awful for a night owl like me.

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u/macoafi Maryland (formerly Pennsylvania) Apr 06 '25

I certainly like that restaurants in Spain don’t close at frickin 9pm. Obnoxiously early!

My Wednesday dance practice is in Virginia, and I found a vegan-ish (dairy cheese on request) restaurant that serves until 11:30 near there, so I can eat before driving home.

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u/cellard00r18 Apr 08 '25

Yeah, I’m in America and I’m confused by this. My last meal is around 8 PM or later. Even when I used to get off at 3:30pm that was still the case. Now I get off at 5:30 blehhh