# How long do you work to feed yourself for a day?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 15, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-work-to-feed-yourself-for-a-day/641142 "2012-11-15T23:26:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-work-to-feed-yourself-for-a-day/641142/21 "2012-11-17T20:38:58Z")

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About 15 minutes for me, husband and two kids. Though I’ve excluded meals out, so probably about 20-23.

I couldn’t think of a good way to break myself out of my husband and kids, so I just did the four of us.

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-work-to-feed-yourself-for-a-day/641142/22 "2012-11-17T20:49:10Z")

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> [@Procrustus](#):
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> Hard to estimate my food expense. Should I include wine?

Oh yes, whenever possible.

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-work-to-feed-yourself-for-a-day/641142/23 "2012-11-17T22:03:56Z")

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About 15 minutes for Junior and me.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-work-to-feed-yourself-for-a-day/641142/24 "2012-11-18T12:04:48Z")

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4.2 minutes. But we get subsidized food at work, so it’s a bit of a cheat.

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