What time do you have your dinner?

@youless (112481)
Guangzhou, China
July 24, 2007 9:17am CST
In general, we will have a dinner together if we don't have to work overtime. Usually we will have a dinner at about 7pm. Sometimes I wish it could be earlier, so that I can have more time to do something at night.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
24 Jul 07
Normally people who go for work, comeback by 7 or 8 p.m. and they usually have dinner before 9 p.m. I watch a particular serial in TV and hence I have my dinner at 9.30 a.m. and go to sleep at 11 p.m.
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
24 Jul 07
some people do that like you. watch the tv series they wanna see on television before having their dinner. they like to have it done before eating. but for me and my boyfriend, we can have our dinner while watching tv. anne
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Jul 07
I have to say that 9:30pm for dinner is a very late time.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Jul 07
I was in New Zealand for couple of months and I found that people have their dinner before 6 p.m.!! When our friends asked us to join for dinner, we said we will have it later. Where was the dinner at 9.30 p.m. It was only coffee with some biscuits.
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@sophylline (1041)
• Philippines
20 Nov 07
Well, in my home, we usually have dinner between 8:30 to 9:30. We usually sleep late at around 12:30 to 1:30. So after dinner, we still have time to watch TV, then play with my daughter for a little while, then it would be bath time for her, so she could sleep well during the night.
• Philippines
20 Nov 07
Oh yes, I must admit we sleep late. Actually, we have already adjusted it so it is earlier than before. Before, we used to sleep around 3am.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Nov 07
It is a little bit late.
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• Kuwait
16 Nov 07
We usually have dinner at seven in the evening even when we are still young and with our parents, now we also practice this with our own family. To have enough time to be together after the whole day.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Nov 07
Good tradition:)
@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
25 Jul 07
Hello youless!:-) These days, I don't have a particular time for dinner because my eating habits are quite disturbed these days. Sometimes I eat at 7 or 8 and sometimes it's as late as 1-2am in the morning. I eat whenever I feel like eating. When my family was here, we used to have our dinner between 7-8pm (19:00-20:00hrs). It is important that dinner should be eaten at least 4 hours before bed time, which is the total digestion time for a single meal. It is important because biological and chemical processes in body work at their best and efficiently while brain is active and while one is physically active too.
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
25 Jul 07
Thanks youless, for your concern. I feel puzzled as what and why to eat when I don't even feel like eating. But then I too remind myself that it's important to live and to enjoy other blessings:-)
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 07
I hope you will have a suitable time for dinner. I would like to remind you that your health is very important to your family and your friends:)
• India
16 Nov 07
In my family,we used to have dinner by about 7.30 pm, or latest by 8.00pm,and always i like to have a half filled stomach, and drink two tumblers of water, and one cup of milk before going to bed. And my parents say, we must dine atleast two hours before we go to sleep, if we dine lately and then we must sleep lately. Having dinner and then going to bed immediately is harmful for health. Take care and happy mylotting.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Nov 07
Very interesting to hear that:)
@joahnna18 (368)
• Philippines
16 Nov 07
I usually ate at 9pm because i have to wait for my husband to come. He works at Ortigas here in manila so he travel 2 hours at our home. that's why we have to ate late. But if he has no work we usually ate at 7p.m.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Nov 07
You are a nice wife:)
• United States
8 Sep 07
When Hubby works until 5:00, dinner is usually around 5:30 and then we may have a little something in the evening. Sometimes he works until 7:00, which is when we order pizza :)
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Sep 07
Wow, pizza? I love it:)
@JaySapani (257)
• India
14 Aug 07
I Usually Have My Dinner At 8.00 Pm.Sometimes If I Am Home Early I Have My Dinner Even At 6.30 Pm.I Usally Have Dinner Early On Holidays. At My Home Dinner Gets Ready At 6.00 Pm.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Aug 07
It's a nice time.
@akinai (12)
• Indonesia
15 Aug 07
i don't have the certain time for a dinner.So it's up to me what time i want to have a dinner but i mustn't have a dinner for 2 hours before i sleep cause it can make m body become bigger.Hehehe:)
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
15 Aug 07
OK, it seems you are the boss:)
@resley (53)
• India
9 Sep 07
wow all of u eat preety early. as for me its at 10:45pm or later. I prefer to eat along with d rest of my famiy.Since all of us are back by 10:30pm we've gotta eat late.and as for sleeping, its only after 12am. Mostly 1am b'coz of the internet surfing. Sometimes even past 2am.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Sep 07
Yes, you have dinner very late. I hope it will change some day.
@jackxav (660)
• Philippines
8 Sep 07
Usually we will have a dinner at 6pm.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Sep 07
That's great.
• Philippines
8 Sep 07
Usually we have dinner at around 6:30, So I'm done cooking at around 6pm coz we had an early bed time around 8-8:30pm
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Sep 07
I am surprised that you will have an early bed time. It is good to have enough sleeping time.
@nyumix (1658)
• Belgium
16 Nov 07
Normally we have family dinner around 6 - 7 pm. But can be more early if I see the children already look a bit tired. When I see some thing like that, I will try to prepare the dinner more early so they can have dinner and go to bed early.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Nov 07
That sounds great to consider for the children at first:)
@hopejordan (3561)
• Australia
16 Nov 07
hi there youless we have dinner about 7.00 or 7.30 dinner just depends what i am doing but other times i had it at 6.00pm thanks for this discussion
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Nov 07
Nice time:)
• Canada
29 Jul 07
In our household we don't have a specific time to eat dinner, we just eat when we are hungry. Sometimes it's at 7 in the evening, sometimes it's at 10 in the evening, sometimes we get up randomly and make something for ourselves or eachother in the middle of the night.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
29 Jul 07
Thanks for your response.
@lucy02 (5015)
• United States
25 Jul 07
My husband and Mom usually like to eat around 6:30. I like to have dinner cooked by 6:00 so I can sit and watch the old Rifleman tv shows that come on every week day at that time.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 07
Thanks for your response.
@nfhs79 (861)
• Malaysia
8 Aug 07
Dinner at 7 pm. This is the right time for me and my baby. My husband are not at home. He work till 2 am. :)
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Aug 07
Your husband really works hard. Thanks for your reply.
@yanstill (1490)
• China
26 Jul 07
at 7?oh,that's too late for me.i have dinner about 5 to 6 every day,because if i didnt go to the restaurant before 6,there would be nothing to eat at all. so i am accustomed to that,if i eat later than usual,i will be hungry.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
26 Jul 07
At 5 to 6, even we haven't arrived home yet. So we have to have dinner later.
@soleya (1100)
• Latvia
25 Jul 07
I have the last meal at the 7 pm and after that don't eat anything. I am trying to lose some weight so that is why try to eat less. My dinner is alaway about the salad and that's it. The main course is at 2 pm, at that time I eat meat or fish.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 07
Scientists say it's good to ear more for the breakfast, then the lunch. The dinner is at last. So I think your diet way is healthy.
25 Jul 07
at 5 p.m is the time when i come back home from work
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 07
It sounds like an early time. Oh, you can have more free time:)