Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew to dinner they always want to go at 6/630 which feels so early. Edit: Kids are 30ish.

  • HidingCat
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    7310 months ago

    If we invite our kids or niece/nephew to dinner they always want to go at 6/630 which feels so early.

    I hate to break this to you… but it’s likely because they want to do their own things as well.

        • Uncle
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          510 months ago

          yeah, i grew up with 4 meals. breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper. eating at 6pm seem early for supper and late for dinner to me

          • Fleppensteyn
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            510 months ago

            Sounds fancy, where are you where that’s normal? We usually eat dinner after coming back from work, and maybe coffee and snacks in the evening around 8.30.

            • Uncle
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              310 months ago

              I’m Canadian, but my father and grandfather were born in Denmark and grandpa would always feed me ‘dinner’ around 4ish, then 8ish was ‘supper’

                • Uncle
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                  210 months ago

                  when i was in school, i was off about 3ish. When i know ill be working at that time, i do pack enough to eat around that time

                  • Fleppensteyn
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                    10 months ago

                    Interesting idea. It sounds like a lot of extra work though

      • @TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world
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        210 months ago

        It’s funny how much this varies from family to family. We never eat dinner before 9PM. Usually two meals per day, lunch at maybe 1PM and dinner between 9 and 10PM. We’re just doing desk-work though, so no extra calorie needs. If I’m doing physical stuff I’ll usually add a light breakfast.

        • Fleppensteyn
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          210 months ago

          I’m usually starving at the end of my workday so I couldn’t imagine having to wait that long

    • Maeve
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      810 months ago

      Like have time with each other or simply sleep before work next day.

    • @jigsaw250@lemmy.world
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      310 months ago

      Yep. I don’t mind doing it for birthdays or other special events, I’ll just need to take the day after off.