‘Boy Dinner Diaries’ is Reddit’s answer to ‘Girl Dinner’ trend

Men are flocking in the thousands to a little-known Reddit thread for relationship, health and job advice, all while sharing images of their so-called ‘boy dinners’ alongside them.

You may remember where you were when the ‘girl dinner’ trend really took off—so much so that author Olivie Blake even immortalised the phrase as the title of her 2025 feminist horror novel.

The original TikTok concept showed what women eat when their boyfriends, husbands, and fathers weren’t around, with many opting for plain pasta with cheese, low-protein lunches, and bizarre sweet and savoury ‘picky bits’ combos.

Men quickly hit back with ‘boy kibble’, and now they’ve taken over with their own Reddit thread dedicated to their weird and wonderful concoctions: r/BoyDinnerDiaries.

A quick flick through the thread, and you’ll be inundated with pizza slices, hearty bowls of beef bolognese, fast-food cheeseburgers, and delicious steak.

But be prepared to be greeted with more eyebrow-raising meals, including images of half-eaten hash browns with alcoholic fruit drinks, cashew nuts paired with hot water, fresh, icy watermelon punch, and a plain tortilla wrap with a full tomato and cucumber.

As well as sharing their meals, Reddit users, called ‘Da Boys’, post their deepest, darkest secrets in the hopes of receiving blunt, unbiased advice from fellow men.

“I got friendzoned and I don’t think she knows,” one wrote, while a second wanted to know what others thought about their partner wanting to go on a planned holiday while their mother was dying.

“Not sure if this girl is interested or if she’s just being friendly?,” mused someone else, while a fourth commented: “Crazy to find out the person you were with wasn’t who you thought they were at all.”

Some of the images on 'Boy Dinner Diaries' are interesting to say the least (Reddit)

This feeds into the subreddit’s official bio, which reads: “Come as you are, share your meal, tell us about your day, and support one another.”

It’s reported that only people who identify as men can comment, and that if women decide to get involved, they must make their gender clear and tag themselves as ‘Girl Lurkers’.

Earlier this year, a 20-year-old man whom GQ have called ‘Nicholas’ took to the thread to seek advice on whether he should break up with his girlfriend.

He titled the post ‘I don’t love my girlfriend as much as she does. a break up will surely ruin the friend group’, and went on to explain that all his partner was ‘excited’ to do in her day was ‘love’ him.

“I want to do other things, pursue other hobbies, but it’s hard to do that when I have to remind her that I still love her every hour,” he shared alongside a bowl of ramen.

One Redditor said they went to the thread because they can't discuss 'deep' things with their friends (Getty Stock Image)

Nicholas received genuine answers from others about setting boundaries, and the user later told GQ that he went to the Reddit thread—launched in February 2026—for answers as he found it difficult to discuss the topic with IRL friends.

“I’ve floated ideas to my friends about breaking up with [her], but…this is over beers and five seconds later we’re on the next topic,” he explained.

“What attracted me to [r/BoyDinnerDiaries] is just the fact that I wanted to be anonymous. I wanted to hear what other people say without having to reveal anything about myself.”