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How often do you get takeaway / eat out?

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Tminus3days · 26/11/2019 08:35

In the run up to christmas we've got a takeaway / meal out planned most Saturdays. We don't normally do it that often, normally once or twice a month. How often do you get takeaway or eat out?

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Gilead · 26/11/2019 08:38

Never! I’d like to but most of the time it’s just me and it feels way too indulgent!

Floralnomad · 26/11/2019 08:43

At least 3 times a week usually , mainly eating out at lunchtime . Takeaways are rarer probably once or twice a month .

MrsFoxPlus4Again · 26/11/2019 08:44

Rarely, we ordered Chinese food last night and I probably haven’t had a Chinese this year.

megletthesecond · 26/11/2019 08:45

We've never had a takeaway. Have allergies and gluten free.

We eat out once a month or so.

OvalCanvas · 26/11/2019 08:47

We have lunch out every Saturday at a coffee shop , we have about 5 takeaways a year.

YessicaHaircut · 26/11/2019 08:47

We usually get a takeaway once a month. Eat out very rarely, only if we’re on holiday or for a family birthday.

Cineraria · 26/11/2019 08:47

We usually have a takeaway once a week, typically on a Friday.

We eat out if we are away from home or sometimes have lunch out if we have guests. If we do that we would normally skip the takeaway that week.

QuestionableMushroom · 26/11/2019 08:47

We usually go for lunch once a month on payday weekend.

AntiHop · 26/11/2019 08:51

Usually have brunch out at the weekend, or a Friday night meal out. Almost never buy lunch out though.

It is a big indulgence but this is really our only luxury.

housewifeoflittleitaly · 26/11/2019 08:55

To often, breakfast on Tuesday morning at local cafe. Dinner out Tuesday night after sports club, take away on Friday night after sports club and breakfast out in Sunday morning after walking the dog. Sometimes we have dominos on a Monday night for a treat as we don’t work Tuesdays! 😳

HilaryBriss · 26/11/2019 09:00

Twice a week - eat out on a Saturday (nothing fancy, lunch somewhere usually) and a takeaway on a Sunday.

Ragwort · 26/11/2019 09:06

Rarely as a family or with my DH Grin, my preferred treat is to go out to lunch with a friend which I probably do on average once a fortnight, but twice this week Grin.

wendz86 · 26/11/2019 09:07

We get drive through McDonald’s every other week .

I prob buy myself a takeaway once a month and eat out at other places maybe a couple of times a month .

pumpkinpie01 · 26/11/2019 09:08

Normally takeaway on a Saturday night, and probably lunches out 2 or 3 times a month.

elliejjtiny · 26/11/2019 09:20

Takeaway probably once a month on average. Eat out mostly on special occasions although we like to have brunch out more regularly in the school holidays as there is a place we can go that costs £23 for 7 of us (including 2 teenage boys) with unlimited food and drink and cheap softplay which works out really good value.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 26/11/2019 09:23

Takeaway once a month and eat out once a month.

HairyToity · 26/11/2019 09:25

We eat out or have a takeaway once or twice a week. I always justify on the basis that me and DH both work. It makes life that bit easier and nicer. I know we would save lots of money if we didn't, but we enjoy it too much. If I was a SAHM then we couldn't afford to.

stucknoue · 26/11/2019 09:29

Too much, few times a week but that includes coffee on the go, a sandwich I eat in the car after grocery shopping, lunch from the place near work when I know I'm home alone that night (I just have a sandwich for tea)

fussychica · 26/11/2019 09:31

Takeaways never. Eat out rarely in the UK as I find it both expensive and usually disappointing. Probably meet up for a meal with friends at a restaurant every 2 or 3 months.
I prefer to spend my money on travelling.

Hoppinggreen · 26/11/2019 09:31

We eat out as a family about once a month but I go out for lunch with friends/my mum regularly too.
Rarely get takeaways as I find I can make something nicer and quicker myself

Lolly86 · 26/11/2019 09:32

Takeaway once or twice a month. Eating out depends sometimes may grab some lunch if we are out and about, the very occasional lunch out with friends etc maybe a few times a month on average ad well. But really is our only luxury, we dont drink, smoke etc so I dont have any guilt over it

bloodywhitecat · 26/11/2019 09:32

Very rarely, we live out in the sticks and no-one delivers here and if we drove out to get one it would be stone cold by the time we got it home. Going out to eat entails the best part of an hour's drive each way and we have a toddler who would need babysitting.

Caramel78 · 26/11/2019 09:33

We probably get a takeaway once a month for dinner and eat out once or twice a month for lunch.
We’re both a bit tight with spending much money on things like that at the moment as trying to pay a chunk of the mortgage off.
A few years ago I used to eat out for dinner every week at least once or twice.

Hurdygurdy24 · 26/11/2019 09:38

I hardly ever eat at home. I think twice in the last two weeks, and one of those was a takeaway.

AuntieMarys · 26/11/2019 09:40

We never get takeaways but eat out at least twice a week.