Anyone else still get a takeaway most Friday evenings

Used to but we live rurally and no one delivers so it means someone has to traipse out in the cold which lessens the appeal. Also, very few takeout options - Chinese, Indian, pizza or Fish and chips only. Plus I work away a lot and get sick of trying to find half healthy places to eat in places I don't know. Sad times.

Not on a Friday as the kids have swimming lessons so we always eat something odd/in a rush.
DH takes DS1 to McDonalds most Sundays after his football matches as they can be spread all over the county so they don't usually get home until around 2pm.

Last take away I had was in September. And it was not that nice really.

I can cook nicer food myself for (a lot) less money.

I do travel for work a lot so do eat out when away however, so this may cloud my 'i personally do not eat out or get takeaways' line.

We are similar, we tend to get things on Thursdays because DC have clubs that run late so it’s nice to have something quick and easy. However we don’t do this every week and actually instead of takeaways we’re more likely to get M&S ready meals. The DC are only young so we get them a macaroni cheese to share and then me and DH will have one of their Indian takeaway boxes. It’s much cheaper and just as nice. It’s only chinese that we buy from the takeaway as I think that’s harder to replicate. We get Chinese maybe three times a year and will buy Indian ready meals in lieu of a takeaway maybe once a month.

Mondays for us, they're always hectic so it's nice to not have to cook on top of all the rushing around!

When we’re in the city we have a lot more takeaways because there are options like these. I miss my old favourite Lebanese place…

Near us the only options are Pizza places, the odd Chinese and Indian, and countless shite American food places with burgers, onion rings and milkshakes. So I don’t really bother beyond the occasional Indian after a long flight or something.

No, I prefer my cooking. I used to get a fish and chips takeaway, once in a while, but not any more since the prices went up, and the quality went down. I never got things like pizza, Chinese food to takeaway, etc.

Not any more. Our average takeaway would cost £25-30 - that can add up to nearly £1.5K a year if we had one weekly. We stick to every other pay day now and probably enjoy it more that way.

@bostonchamps hmmmm sounds fishy. I’ve never heard of balance. Is it like swimming world? 🤣

I enjoy Iceland donner kebab meat and fillet steak, I’d probably eat it together… but only once a month! 🤭

I'm pretty old, but I have never got a takeaway on a Friday evening!

I practice this magic thing called balance, I eat healthily (not teeny tiny but mindfully) 5 days a week and then I GOBBLE EVERYTHING IN SIGHT 2 days a week.

There are no decent ones near us, it’s all brown slop or sugary orange slop. It’s a shame as visit friends who have amazing takeaways round the corner, with healthy nice food and crunch and vegetables…and I’m sore jealous. We’d have one every Friday if there was a decent one. It’s go out, posh ready meal or cook round here.

I cannot make a good Chinese to save my life, so I do have that every week or 2! And now I want one again, thank you!

No, we are too rural and nowhere delivers so it would be about 40minute round drive to the nearest and that is bad kebab. We do go out for Saturday breakfast once per week though.

No. It’s not something we’ve ever done.

About once a year

No, we've never had a takeaway weekly. Nowadays it's probably 3 or 4 times per year. We cannot afford it!! (joint income around £70,000).

@bostonchamps Perhaps we can start our own bun fight?! 🤣 are you a gobbler or a teeny tiny?

We tend to probably on average of once a week but we only have a small amount so it's like £23 for Chinese £30 for Indian so we don't find that too bad.
Might pick a chipshop up midweek on occasion but we only spend about £6/7.

This is my go-to Saturday dinner but we still have a takeaway every Friday.

I have my steak with peppercorn sauce, prawns and salad and thoroughly look forward to it!

😆@FurForksSake

We get a takeaway about once a month but eat out once a week at least.
There are only a few trustworthy takeaways near us so it would be a bit samey to have weekly.

No, I don't get takeaways when I'm at home, there's juts me and I can do better quicker.

I do eat out every Saturday though, usually go into London to see a show and have a nice meal out, sometimes cheap and cheerful (for London!) sometimes pricier.

We usually get one midweek as it’s much easier to chill out and cook something good on a weekend!

I get one takeaway lunch a week from my favourite lunch place. For evenings at home it's less because they're not that good.

We did for years, but it’s too expensive now. Our local Chinese takeaway isn’t as good as it used to be and I’m really bad at trying new places. Also, they only take cash which is a right pain in the arse. But yeah, if it was still nice and I could still afford it, I would be there every week😅 We order pizza about once a month.