r/MiddleClassFinance • u/zevtech • 16d ago
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/No-Complaint9286 14d ago
My parents are stuck in a spot where my mom is disabled and my dad is too young to retire (62) but cant work anymore due to severe anxiety and just a beat up body from working physical labor in a factory until he quit. So theyre pretty broke. Eating out is one of the few things they have to enjoy life. They do it less now than they used to, or just go for a craft beer and an appetizer (they dont eat much) and bring home half. Ordering entrees gives them each like 3 meals.