How much do you eat out?

[C.Ann]

Unless I'm on vacation, maybe once or twice a year..

Yes - I said "year".. For the most part, I consider it a huge waste of money..

 

[Caradana]

Would your answer change if it was just you and your husband, no kids, both working, you lived walking distance to a lot of incredible restaurants, and cost wasn't really a concern?
If my grandmother isn't serving it, and if it isn't comprised of Fage @ breakfsat, I'm eating it out. Maybe 18 meals a week?

 

[mhsjax]

Would your answer change if it was just you and your husband, no kids, both working, you lived walking distance to a lot of incredible restaurants, and cost wasn't really a concern?
If my grandmother isn't serving it, and if it isn't comprised of Fage @ breakfsat, I'm eating it out. Maybe 18 meals a week?

Yes I would, you seem to be living my life after my kids are gone. lol

I tell my hubby all the time, I want to retire to NYC. Not really retire, but move there after the kids are out of the house, and then I will eat out just like you. Minus the Fage for breakfast, I just can't develope a taste for that stuff, so maybe breakfast out to.

 

[disneyofcourse]

I am so bad about this! This is the one thing I want to start changing. Right now I'm eating out twice-three times a day and seven days a week. I do work odd 12-14 hour days about 5-6 days a week and so grabbing things on the run has always been my way of doing things since I get maybe a 20 minute break here and a 20 minute break there. Whatever food I do buy tends to be wasted in the fridge because it takes so long to use it up and I'm always getting take out. Its getting really pricey so I've really gotta step up and change. ($30/ day usually) That's a-lot of money that could go into savings.

 

[DawnM]

Hey, I used to have your life! Although it was in Los Angeles and not NYC.

When I was single and then when I got married before kids we ate out a LOT! We both worked in good jobs full time and enjoyed it.

Now I am staying at home and have 3 growing boys. Life is VERY DIFFERENT! My "job" now is to find ways to make our dollar stretch. That means $5 Dominos and BOGO Pappa Johns! ;-)

Dawn

Would your answer change if it was just you and your husband, no kids, both working, you lived walking distance to a lot of incredible restaurants, and cost wasn't really a concern?
If my grandmother isn't serving it, and if it isn't comprised of Fage @ breakfsat, I'm eating it out. Maybe 18 meals a week?

 

[clutter]

Funny, I"m the opposite of you all. when I was single, childless, I'd eat lunches out at work, but generally ate in. Now that I have a kid, we eat dinner out maybe 2x-3x a week, and I eat lunch maybe 2x a week as well.

With a crazy schedule and lots of healthy options for carryout, we tend to do it a lot. (Last night, we were out running errands until almost 9, but elected to eat a late dinner since I'd bought some salmon.) But we do fast food maybe 1x a month, if that. We're really getting away from that.

My dd isn't one for doing much sit-down eating out. That's why we do it at Disney!

 

[DawnM]

I am an extrovert and my friends ate out for dinners all the time.....so I would too.

I still go out for dinners with my girlfriends but that is when I go out without the DH and kids and don't feel I have to scrimp as much! I HAVE to have my girls' nights out or I go crazy being a SAHM.

I didn't calculate that in the poll though as I guess I thought it was for families.....or I was just thinking families when I read it.

Dawn

Funny, I"m the opposite of you all. when I was single, childless, I'd eat lunches out at work, but generally ate in. Now that I have a kid, we eat dinner out maybe 2x-3x a week, and I eat lunch maybe 2x a week as well.

With a crazy schedule and lots of healthy options for carryout, we tend to do it a lot. (Last night, we were out running errands until almost 9, but elected to eat a late dinner since I'd bought some salmon.) But we do fast food maybe 1x a month, if that. We're really getting away from that.

My dd isn't one for doing much sit-down eating out. That's why we do it at Disney!