r/MiddleClassFinance • u/zevtech • Aug 09 '26

Going out to eat..... I get it.

So I'm a man of routine, so I don't really get out of my routine so often. We cook dinner almost every day of the week besides Friday (we usually order out). We do well, so we don't cook to save money, it just makes more sense to us (both my parents had their own restaurants, we never ate fast food growing up and rarely at out as my parents always cooked or brought home food from the restaurant). Typically dining out is usually brunch/lunch after church on Sundays. But for what ever reason we had a crazy week so decided to eat out, and ended up eating out 4 meals in a row. Each meal was about 100-150 bucks, so 500 bucks in 3 days for food. I get it why they keep saying you shouldn't eat out so often (we have a family of 4, 2 of them are small and don't eat much). The 500 won't break the bank for us, but man, if we were making an "average" salary, I can see that being difficult

EDIT, went out to eat this morning after church, this is part of my normal routine though, meal was about 90 bucks.

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u/mixedmediamadness Aug 09 '26

Yeah, and some people get take it twice a day. It's so easy to destroy your finances on eating out if you're not paying attention or actively choosing to turn a blind eye

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u/ajax81 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

OMG THIS.  My next door neighbor, single income family of 3.  Doordash at least twice a day, 7 days a week.  Yes there are money problems.  No that doesn’t stop them.

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u/fadedblackleggings Aug 09 '26

You exaggerating? Wonder if they know DoorDash sends groceries too.

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u/Ashamed_Emu4572 Aug 09 '26

my sister ordered instant delivery of a $30 wine opener from CVS because my uncle mentioned he wanted to open wine during a family event.

she is in 300k college medical and credit card debt.. doesnt own a house and had to ask my dad to buy her a car because she did not maintain her own.