What time do you have dinner?

United States
January 8, 2007 6:59pm CST
Is 5pm too early? I often think it is. Especially if you have kids, because by 7pm they are hungry again. What is your normal dinner time?
9 responses
design
@design (849)
• Ireland
11 Jan 07
On school days the kids have 2 dinners, the first one being something small and hot when they come home from school @ about 2.30pm, Then we have our family dinner about 6pm but yes there hungry again within a hour or two. Normally they attack cereal, yogurts or fruit then.
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knowitallgurl
@knowitallgurl (923)
• United States
12 Jan 07
ahhh...good idea....my kids sometimes cry because they are hungry right before going to bed and i feel that its a habit and sometimes i send them off to bed that way....i feel so terrible. I think that a bowl of cereal might not be too bad, but am i creating a bad habit for them to eat right before bedtime? isnt that a good way for them to gain weight as they get older?
knowitallgurl
@knowitallgurl (923)
• United States
12 Jan 07
oops..i forgot to add...you have been rated, please take the time to rate me as well. Thanks!
sweetlady10
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
12 Jan 07
We take dinner in between 8pm to 8:30pm. If I take dinner early, again I feel hungry at night:).
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knowitallgurl
@knowitallgurl (923)
• United States
12 Jan 07
yeah..thats how my kids are...i try to have it around 6:30pm..then we are done by 7:15 and they go take a bath, read a story and go to bed by 8:30pm. no time to get hungry again. thanks for your post, you have been rated, please take the time to rate me as well. thanks.
SimplyJo
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
19 Jan 07
hi we have dinner at around 9 or 10 pm. sometimes when i have an early lunch, i'm hungry by 6 again :) LOL.
Muslimah
@Muslimah (811)
• United States
9 Jan 07
no i dont think 5 is too early.... depending on the time u get up in the morning. If i get up late like 10:00 we'll have dinner at 8:00 but if i get up on time like 8:30 we'll have dinner at 6:00. Take care
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knowitallgurl
@knowitallgurl (923)
• United States
12 Jan 07
that is more our time...we usually eat at around 6:30 pm. I know that in some latin countries they dont eat dinner till like 9-10pm! wow...that is late! thanks for your response, you have been rated, please take the time to rate me as well. Thanks!
Enticer
@Enticer (100)
• India
12 Jan 07
I take my dinner at 8pm normally. But it all depends upon when i am hungry. I had read somewhere in a book that we should take the dinner 3 hours before we go to bed at night.
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knowitallgurl
@knowitallgurl (923)
• United States
12 Jan 07
thats a tad late for us, but im sure that i probably would eat that late if it was just me. :) thanks for your response...you have been rated, please take the time to rate me as well. thanks!
mogg20
@mogg20 (172)
• Philippines
14 Jan 07
5pm is "snack time" for me. I usually have dinner at 8pm on weekdays, and around 7pm on weekends.
edigital
@edigital (2709)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I take dinner at 11:30 p.m. each day. My family members between 10:30 to 11:0 pm. I think in Asian countries people take dinner late and in our country more late. Americans take dinner too early.
Trace86
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
14 Jan 07
I am not usually home for dinner. On Wednesdays, I am home and make dinner for my husband and myself around 6. When I am at work, I take my dinner break around 8. That is actually my lunch though since I eat breakfast at 1pm. Dinner is when I get home at midnight. When I was little, dinner was at 5:30.
Lunnazol
@Lunnazol (296)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I eat when I am hungry LOL I usually eat around 6:30 or 7 but sometimes I get stuck at work and then I don't get to eat until 9. I try to not eat anyhting 3 hours before bedtime though.