How many take aways is too many?

Unclench. No one's handing out halos for food sanctimony.

We live too far away for deliveries but omg when I spent half term in Kingston with DS we rocked the Uber orders.

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We tend to get at least one per week, usually on a Friday or Saturday night. It's our treat and we can afford it so why not. And no, I'm not fat either. I'm a size 10 and a regular gym user. I just enjoy nice food that I haven't had to cook once in a while 😀

I had my first one in a month tonight. Most of it went in the bin, it wasn’t very nice sadly!
Dh and dc usually get one a fortnight. We went for years never having one to the point we were getting them weekly.
It’s not the money I mind spending, we go out to eat a lot, but it’s more the availability of what we’ve got here. Not loads of choice and the things I’d like delivered are too far away 😭

Oh I'd love to try Argentinian food! That sounds amazing, I have nothing that exciting anywhere near me.

I really want to try Too Good to Go but I live in a tiny village and the pick ups mean I have to get in the car at about 9pm and drive to the nearest town. At the moment I'm in my PJs by 7 and really can't be arsed to get dressed and go out again!

Too good to Go is something else that hasn't taken off in our bit of Wales. We have Morrisons, ASDA and a couple of bakeries. Our population density just isn't high enough.

I don't get takeaway delivered ; other than that I do use too good to go quite frequently.
If I want a treat I'm more likely to eat in a restaurant, although I recently realised that my Gold Pizza Express benefits were about to run out and ate there three times in two weeks - visit three felt like less of a treat.

About once every couple of months.

We have one once a week and I’m not ashamed to admit it despite the weird judgement on here.

We have a variety, Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Argentinian, Italian etc. I couldn’t make the food even if I tried, my pantry isn’t big enough to house the ingredients nor do I have the inclination to spend hours slaving over a stove on a weekend when I’m knackered after working a heavy week.

We don’t have delivery here so have to go and collect hence a takeout isn’t that common. Just had one tonight - Indian (very nice) as both DH and I worked over 50 hours this week and not cooking was too appealing.

I'd agree with you, tbh. Good mental health and the ability to relax and say "fuck it" occasionally is pretty vital.

Three of my very favourite things. Excellent.

We have one or two a month. The trick is to order from different types of restaurants lol

We have one a week, every Friday night.

Are you not concerned about the toxins in the air you breathe every single day?

This sort of comment always amuses me.

My parents would have said similar. They did say similar. Oh we were such lucky children that had parents that cared for them so much they'd always make good nutritious nourishing food that tasted so much better than anything that we'd buy. Dutifully we'd agree.

But actually I always secretly thought I'd rather be one of those poor unfortunate children eating that "rubbish". And now I'm an adult I'm sure that I'd rather be. 😁
And if you never have a takeaway, then it automatically becomes a treat. We have one far more often than my parents for who it was once in a blue moon, and I still feel I've had a treat, even if the food wasn't the best.

I would actually argue that if you're wound so tight that you never allow yourself to be lazy, or eat anything unhealthy or treat yourself occasionally, your mental health is probably not great.

What's the point in being in peak physical condition if you're absolutely miserable?

Nothing wrong with being lazy.

As for unhealthy - well, it depends what you order. A good quality, sourdough pizza with vegetables isn't unhealthy. Neither is vegetarian curry, or chicken noodles, or sushi, or any other number of things.

We order chippy tea twice a month - of course it's not the healthiest but it's two meals out of nearly 100 in a month. It's hardly danger levels of bad food

So? Are people never allowed to take the easy option? I don't believe there is a person on the planet who isn't lazy or unhealthy some times. And yes that includes you!

@suki1964 I can think of some takeaways from many years ago which were really great. Vibrant tastes, something I hadn't had to cook or think about. The anticipation of it all.

Now, it's just rubbish. Always a let down , unless you want to spend silly money.
usually a bit of something in the freezer. It's often fatigue disguising itself as hunger.

Never get them these days. Too expensive for what they are. I would rather skip takeaways and spend the money on eating out instead. Which is also very expensive now!

Ordering in a meal for the family on a Friday night, say a curry or kebabs, is a treat and if you can afford it why not after a busy week.

But I can't get my head around having McDonalds delivered - doesn't the cost of delivery and tip for the driver almost outweigh the cost of the cheap food?