How many takeaways?!

[Southtrainer]

I'm wondering if my husband and I are over indulging and it would be good to know if we are normal or not

How many takeaways do you and your DP (not DC) have per week / month? 🤫

Probably about 3 times a year and that’s buying fish and chips and eating them at the beach.

There’s no takeaway food shops within a 30 minute drive from here so we never order in.

I love a good curry but there’s nowhere outside the main city (100 mins away) that I know of that does a good menu so I make it myself when I’m in the mood.

When I used to live in the U.K. we used to order a curry about once every 2-3 months so not very regularly. To be honest, most of the time, I find eating out expensive and disappointing.

none. I don't like them. I'd rather go out for something to eat (I do that maybe once or twice a month at the moment).

once a week or once a fortnight (sometimes I buy a ready meal curry and have that with rice instead)

We usually always have Chinese on a Friday. Might have one or two more during the week if he’s on Night Shift or we cba cooking.

3-4 a year. But that's because it's 40 min round trip to get it. Joys of rural!!

@Cherryberrypies

That's how I kicked my takeaway habit, there's very few options and none that nice (well nothing wrong but it's all greasy fast food etc) takes effort to get a decent takeaway, 30 minute drive so I don't

Far too many.

Can be up to 3 times a week.

Hardly ever, and when we do I always feel grotty and have the poops after

And you, OP? 14 pages in and we're none the wiser as to your own habits

@FastFood

A few times a year. There's this amazing pakistani restaurant in east london, its delicious but your clothes stink after eating there so its always delivery or take away. Otherwise, I always have easy stuff to cook in the flat if I'm feeling lazy, or I just go to Coop and buy a pizza to put in the oven. Really don't get the appeal of paying £15-20 for greasy tasteless food.

Of course, now I'd like to try this the next time I'm visiting somewhere near there.

Do you mind identifying the restaurant, please?

I'd say once every two months on average. I don't like the feeling of being dependant on someone to come to me, often late (by which time you could have cooked your own meal), food cold, never as nice as in a restaurant, and our address is a bit tricky to find so it's always a bit of a business. Just not a nice enough experience to justify the calories/cost.

I am always disappointed. A few times a year. 4?

Too often, to be honest. About once a fortnight. This week twice in a week. But two kids under 5, both work, sometimes it is very needed!

Once or Twice a Week I'd say. Def one evening most weekends

I'm surprised by these answers, it is way more than I thought most people had. For us maybe 2 or 3 times a year. But we also get McDonald's drive thru or chippy chips or something else cheap on days out that have ran late and we've not planned dinner about once a month? Maybe slightly less.

1-2 times a month max and we may have a meal out once a month too.

@Wheresthebeach

We do special meals out, but for takeaways - maybe one every 2 months if we feel a desperate need for Pizza.

" a desperate need for Pizza" I love it

Once every week since I started working in town, used to be about once a month. It doesn't bother me, we eat relatively healthily the rest of the time!!!

Every Saturday. Usually eat out once a week too.

One a month.

@SanFranBear

And you, OP? 14 pages in and we're none the wiser as to your own habits

Haha! I wondered when someone would ask! It used to me almost never but during lockdown it went up to once or twice a week. It's a bad habit I'm trying to break!

Once every 2/3 weeks maybe, but that's because I don't fancy take aways, I much prefer a homemade meal with great quality meat or fish/seafood.
My husband would love to have more take aways, he loves burgers, pizza and thai food, and doesn't like mess in the kitchen
The kids tend to have a take away once or twice a week (Friday night is pizza night).

I might get fish and chips a couple of times a year in an emergency, and a very occasional Indian, can’t remember the last time. We don’t eat pizza or McDonald’s. We do eat out fairly frequently and I’ll sometimes pick up a coffee if I’m out and about.

Intrigued to know what “a Greggs” is.

I used to have them 3/4 times a week as I couldn't be arsed cooking a big meal. I've started meal planning and if I still can't be arsed I will have a freezer tea saved a lot of money we are down to one a week usually a chippy tea which is a tenner.