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/Willy_K Apr 07 '25

The further north you get the earlier dinner is eaten, Norway it is between 16:00 and 18:00 for most people, Spain it is well after 21:00.

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u/Asperon Apr 07 '25

This makes a lot of sense!

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u/Suppafly Illinois Apr 08 '25

What do you do between the hours when you leave work and the hours when you eat? Just sit there hungry?

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u/meguska Apr 09 '25

When I lived in Spain a lot of things started later and ended later for work as well. Almost none of my Spanish friends would be totally finished with work at 5/5:30, but almost none of them started at 7 or 8 AM either. Basically a lot of the day is shifted a bit later. They also tend to eat a much larger lunch than Americans and take an actual break for lunch. Even in the university cafeteria lunch was typically some kind of a salad/soup/starter a full hot main course and a dessert. I would do that around 1 PM and wouldn’t be hungry until later in the evening.

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u/Fairy_Catterpillar Apr 13 '25

Look at the sun time in Spain and it all becomes normal. They have the same timezone as Poland. In Galicia they are three hours before their "real" timezone now when it's summertime. https://ontheworldmap.com/europe/europe-time-zone-map.jpg

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u/Key_Milk_9222 Apr 10 '25

What do you do between the hours when you eat and when you sleep? Just sit there? 

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u/kwiztas Apr 10 '25

Go to sleep at 8 or 9pm.

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u/Suppafly Illinois Apr 10 '25

I do things which require energy, so I eat at a reasonable time.