To think brunch isn't at 9.30am?

[VioletBam]

A week ago I agreed to meet a friend for what she called "brunch" on saturday.

Now I may have made a mistake in assuming that brunch is at around 11.00am....but I don't think so.

Anyway...she just texted me to ask if we were still on for brunch. I said yes...see you there...about what time do you think you'll arrive?

And she said 9.30am

Now I have an issue because I'd promised to take DD to a thing at 9.00am near the place where I'm meeting for brunch. DH was then going to pop past and take DD away from me at about 10.30am

What do I do?

Tell her she's got brunch as a thing...wrong!? Or tell her I always thought brunch was at about 11 and so I can't make it?

Yanbu, but all you need to do is say, "that's too early for me , I won't be able to make it until x time". No need to get into an argument about what time brunch should be.

What lottie said. Don't correct her, just ask if you can meet later.

Although I agree brunch would usually be mid morning, it also depends upon where you are meeting. A lot of places stop serving breakfast at 10/10:30.

That's breakfast time!

Brunch on a weekend for me would be 10.30-11.30am. 9.30am is breakfast on a weekend

I agree that 9.30 isn't brunch, but to me brunch is not just about the time, it's that it's the first meal of the day i.e. breakfast, but eaten closer to what normally be lunchtime. So more breakfast-at-lunchtime than breakfast-at-breakfasttime iyswim. Either way, the friend is wrong to think brunch can happen at 9.30.

Only yesterday I went to a corporate brunch that ran 9:30 to 11. So you're both right - I'd think of brunch as 11ish but clearly there's no hard and fast rules. But it's fine, just explain. It's a perfectly understandable misunderstanding. Meet her for elevensies!

Just reply "oh 9.30 is a bit early - o was thinking brunch meant more like 11! Got to take DS to something at 9 so shall we say 10.30?"

I have a friend who is breast feeding a newborn. She invited me for brunch last week - at 9.30 am! That's breakfast, not brunch! It was delicious though.

Brunch could happen at 9:30, if you normally breakfast at 5 and lunch an 12. But it would be unusual to arrange a brunch that early. Just let her know you're doing something with DD until 10:30...

unch is nowwhere near 9.30. That's the br part.

There's the timing element of brunch, and also the idea of something more substantial than breakfast. Perhaps the friend was thinking of the food side of things rather than the timing.

Why would you want something more substantial at 9.30?

does she get up at 3am and go to bed before Corrie??

I haven't even had my breakfast yet!

just tell her normal folks are still having breakfst at half nine and you are busy till 10, or whatever. (too starved to scroll back)

Maybe she wants to meet for a coffee and a chat first? This really isn't a major issue.. Or here's an idea meet at 9.30 and have breakfast problem solved.

Regina. Yes. Problem solved. The Op's child will just mind itself while she calls it breakfast instead. Sorted.

Brunch is between 11am and 2pm it isn't in-between breakfast and lunch it's a mash up and therefore goes past midday. I am a pedant

VioletBam. You're right, she's wrong. It doesn't matter that some of us are up at 5:30 and so 9:30 feels quite late in the morning, nearer lunchtime than breakfast time (says she who hasn't even had a sip of water yet) 😁

Just say you're sorry, you assumed she meant a bit later than that and you can't make it until 10:30. Perfectly acceptable.

Looks like I'm just in time for breakfast. If it crosses over to 10.30, do I have to have soup or something with my Coco Pops??

Brunch is 11am onwards without a doubt.

I had a friend who didn't realise that bloody marys or mimosas were part of brunch!

I work in an independent boarding school. Boarders have brunch instead of breakfast on a Sunday to allow for a lie in. It's at 10.45, so the establishment agrees with you OP!

it is if you are awake around 6-7 am but yes you are right that it is usually around 11/11.30

dowhatnow
^Why would you want something more substantial at 9.30?^

People vary - some people want nothing in the morning and others can put away e.g. a generous fry up.

I've found some evidence to support my earlier point - Wetherspoons offer an all day brunch on Sundays. They seem to be open from 8:00 a.m.