How many takeaways?!

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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? 🤫

Fish and chips probably once a month.

3-4 times a year. We go out to eat a cafe lunch once a month. We used to go out much more often before covid. I don't know where we found the money.

DD and her BF get one around once a month (which I pay for) but apart from that we don’t really. We can afford them but I can throw much better food together myself as fast as Deliveroo can turn up in most cases and the majority of takeaways are oily, full of salt and bad quality ingredients.
There are a couple of Punjabi ladies who cook at home and deliver but apart from them most takeaways we get a just disappointing

A very basic fish and chips most Friday nights. It's the only one that we can all eat as a family and cheaper than ordering Pizza which we do maybe once or twice a year instead.
Maybe once a year or so the children have a quick freezer tea and DH and I will order a Thai or a Lebanese as a more extravagant feast!

When I was with h we had takeaways a couple of times a week sometimes. Now it's just me and dc I'd rather get a posher ready meal like a Charlie Bingham one than a takeaway for the treat of not cooking.

In the U.K. probably once a week. Here in Portugal maybe once a fortnight but we eat out more here. We had more takeaways during the height of Covid.

Once a month.

Not quite one a week, so probably 3 times a month.

What's reasonable for one family isn't necessarily reasonable for another who might have different budgets or dietary requirements.

It almost sounds like you're trying to justify a takeaway frequency that might not be right for you, either for your budget or health.

If you had plenty of disposable income and had takeaways every day but they were healthy foods it would be fine, but if you were diabetics spending £50 on a single massive curry or pizza blowout on a Saturday night which left you short to buy day to day groceries for the rest of the week, you should probably look for ways to spend less and have similar food but a version that is better for you.

Too many! When work is hectic (so usually) maybe twice a week but I might also grab a sandwich somewhere too. We both work full time with primary kids who do lots of clubs. I also hundred percent turn to junk food when stressed. Trying to stop

Around 3 times a year!

A couple of times a month. At worst once a week.

Once a month or so, maybe every 6 weeks?

I don’t eat pizza, fried chicken, fish & chips, kebabs, crappy Chinese & Indians etc and that’s the majority of deliveries round here (along with the usual TFIFridays, 5 Guys, McD’s, Wagamama etc). Rubbish, over priced crap and if I want a curry, I’ll make one.

I get sushi delivered - no way I can make it better than the Japanese restaurant near me!

4-5 times a year. Always fish & Chips. Even this is too much sometimes, as the food is very hit and miss.

Takeaway i class as indian/chinese/pizza etc delivered to our house for dinner, so we have 1 a week.

About once a month.

About once a month. Occasionally more usually less.

Probably about 1 a year, if that.

Once every 2-3 weeks

Maybe once every 2 months? Sometimes not even that…don’t think we have had one for maybe 6 months at the moment.

Probably not what you want to hear, but only on holiday or (occasionally) day trips - we never have them at home. So 3 or 4 a year at the most.

Two or three times a year maybe. I eat out more than I get takeaway.

2/3 times a year.

Maybe 4 times a year

Once or twice a month. But the occasional meal out too.