# When's dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162 "2012-01-11T14:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/1 "2012-01-11T14:19:04Z")
About what time do you typically eat dinner? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/2 "2012-01-11T14:20:35Z")
8-9pm. Sometimes a wee bit later if I have forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/3 "2012-01-11T14:30:04Z")
About 9 in the a.m. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/4 "2012-01-11T14:53:54Z")
I don’t. I eat lunch and supper. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/5 "2012-01-11T15:57:44Z")
Usually no earlier than 7:30 and no later than 8:30. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/6 "2012-01-11T16:34:27Z")
Around 10:00-10:30 pm, because my girlfriend often doesn’t get home from work until then. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/7 "2012-01-11T16:38:38Z")
When I’m going to the gym regularly, it almost always has to be after 10pm. I get home from work around 7 - 7:30. I’ll normally get to the gym by 8 - 8:30. I leave the gym by 9:30, grab some food, bring it home and try to eat by 10 or so. My dinner is usually pretty light. Since I only eat twice a day, I normally eat a very big lunch. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/8 "2012-01-11T16:48:59Z")
Usually the same time that _Jeopardy!_ is on, which means 7pm or so. Gods I feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/9 "2012-01-11T17:02:51Z")
5:00 PM more or less on the dot. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/10 "2012-01-11T17:23:28Z")
We used to eat between 6:30 and 7:30 but we now have a 1-year-old who is starving when we get home, so we eat between 5:30 and 6. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/11 "2012-01-11T17:33:06Z")
I get home from work around six and the kids start getting read for bed around seven, so we have a pretty narrow window. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/12 "2012-01-11T17:38:54Z")
Usually right at 8, but I voted between 7-8 because during the week it is never later than 8. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/13 "2012-01-11T17:47:48Z")
Graveyard-shift family, so dinner time is at about 10 a.m., unless you’re referring to lunch time as dinner time, in which case it’s at about 5 a.m. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/14 "2012-01-11T17:51:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Usually the same time that _Jeopardy!_ is on, which means 7pm or so. > > Gods I feel old. This exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/15 "2012-01-11T18:28:21Z")
No matter what time I may actually eat, it has been ingrained in my mind since childhood that dinnertime is 6:00 p.m. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/16 "2012-01-11T19:39:17Z")
I typically get home around 6:20, so dinner is between then and around 7. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/17 "2012-01-11T23:00:39Z")
My partner and I (and the pups and the kittehs) all eat whenever we’re hungry (or whenever the food is ready). And somehow it usually works. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/18 "2012-01-11T23:28:16Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I don’t. I eat lunch and supper. This with the caveat that the main meal can be dinner. Growing up, lunch was dinner on Sundays, most weekdays supper was dinner after dad got home from work. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/19 "2012-01-12T00:15:28Z")
I voted “something else” because you only gave ranges in one hour increments. My Mrs. top and I have hours that vary enough that dinner can be anywhere from 5 to 8. The D.E.S.K.Kids know to snack if dinner isn’t started by 5. Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162/20 "2012-01-12T00:28:46Z")
Varies depending on my work shift (which can end as late as 8 pm), so I chose “whenever I get hungry”, which can mean anywhere from 6:30 to 9pm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-dinner/609162.md?page=2)