Do you do ‘girl dinner’?

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I mean just having snacky things instead of dinner if you find yourself not having partner/kids to feed.

I do it whenever possible - if it’s only me (and it doesn’t happen that much) I will have something like a few cornichons, slice of ham, chunk of cheese, few cherry tomatoes and a handful of nuts. All eaten standing up at the fridge/counter. No washing up. No prep time. Love it.

Was talking to a friend recently and she said if she ever has to only feed herself she will still do a proper dinner and sit down at the table to eat it. Can’t think of anything worse myself.

Maybe I’m just fed up of constantly feeding everyone.

Anyway today DH and DC have been out at an all day thing and have eaten on the way home and I’ve just had half a tub of olives, few slices of salami and a stack of Pringles and couldn’t be happier.

Blimey.

I never thought I'd say this, but after reading 'Girl dinner', the words 'picky tea' aren't quite as irritating.

So with you! If my partner is out I love a bowl of porridge, or greek yogurt, or some savoury bits with a slice of toast, all whilst lounging on the sofa in peace. Perfect!

Don’t really do a snacky type thing but I do eat differently when dh isn’t here, eat a lot of stuff he’s not keen on, lots of pasta dishes mostly

Why not? There seems to be this thing that being alone means not being important/bothered enough to cook for
I live alone so of course I cook!

I came on this thread to post this exact same thing!

There's also the flip side to this that it sounds like a lot of women only get to eat what they actually want to eat if they're only feeding themselves, otherwise it seems that they put other people's preferences ahead of their own.

Exactly, me too! My health & nutrition are really important. And the benefit of living alone is that I can eat what I like, so I batch cook & freeze at weekends then have a filling breakfast, an equally filling home cooked ready meal for lunch & then a mid-afternoon snack, usually fruit or ryvita.

’Girl dinner’ sounds like something you’d do for a DD & her friends.

No, but I do have some easy recipes I make when it is just me - jacket potato, cheese and crackers, egg fried rice, omelette and salad. DS actually likes all of those too, so we do eat those when DH is away. Or pick up a snack on my way home from work (banh mi, samosa, burrito, rice bowl).

Mash with salad cream

15 minutes one pan total trash

perfect

My ultimate girl dinner is jacket potato with butter, cheese and some mustard (English) on the side with a few cherry tomatoes.
My husband has a cheese and kimchi toastie for his favourite girl dinner.

Agree girl dinner is a horrible term.

I think it’s a bit different from living alone. When I lived alone I cooked properly of course. Now it’s that I spend so much time planning and preparing nutritionally sound meals for a family of 5 that when I only have myself to feed I just do what I want and hang the salt content and lack of protein/fibre etc.

I love it when nobody else needs dinner and I just make myself an omelette or a picky plate and eat in front of the TV!

I don't like the phrase 'girl dinner', and I wouldn't eat what you've had anyway so it's definitely not for me. I eat like a toddler when I'm left to my own devices - Weetabix, Wotsits, maybe a yoghurt.

Yes, I can see the difference.

Oh definitely! If dh is away he always laughs as he knows I'm already thinking of crisps, humus, pitta, maybe a few tomatoes... done!

If I am alone I eat cereal for dinner. I hate cooking so wouldn’t bother on the rare occasions I am alone.

If I lived alone I imagine I would cook properly for myself but honestly I love the chances I get to eat cereal or toast for dinner.

Really? No, if I’m home alone I’ll make an omelette, or buy a steak and salad maybe, why girl dinner anyway, dh likes an antipasti tea too, we have it on Sundays if we eat at lunchtime

I do this. Eat random savoury stuff from fridge. I would never cook again if I was on my own.

I'd never heard of " girl dinner" until I saw this thread.
And my goodness I wish I hadn't seen this.

I can't tell you how pathetic this sounds.

Who on earth coined the phrase?
Was it a man devising yet another way to ridicule women?
Or is it women trying to demean themselves?

Why on earth would any self respecting woman buy into this nonsense?

I truly despair.

I just get some toast or cereal

Last night I had a bar of cadburys. Kids had been fed, DH away. It was delightful 🤣

It’s known as “sofa picnic” here.

100% when the family are all out I have a bowl of cereal for dinner and love it!

I don’t live alone and there are 84 meals per week eaten by this household in total. If I can occasionally get away with mainlining cheese and ham straight from the fridge, with a handful of fruit and a bag of crisps with ZERO thought, ZERO prep and ZERO dishes and with chocolate and silence for pudding, I’m all over it!!

I see your point - cooking what, when & if you want is a completely different thing to having to make all those meals whether you feel like it or not. If I had to do that I don’t think I’d like cooking either.

Maybe ‘girl dinner’ means stuff the OP liked snacking on as a teenager.