How often do you eat at McDonalds?

[TumblingTower]

Just interested. I think DH visits too often with the kids, he would take them even more if it wasn’t for me asking him not to.

For context he takes them once a fortnight, he would take them once or twice in a week if it wasn’t for me putting my foot down.

It annoys me as I do 90% of the parenting (he works away often) and I feel I can’t give them a lazy tea as they’re already having enough crap.

I know I’ll be criticised for that and not too interested - just wonder what other people do?

I wouldn’t be happy with that often either, and also would resent DH taking all the ‘easy dinner’ slots that way. We go every 1-3 months I’d say, long enough between that it’s always disappointing, I forget how shit it is and the kids are always immediately hungry afterwards.

About once a year

Pretty much never now, with 3 teenagers it's not a cheap option anymore. Tbf I was probably at my thinnest as an adult when I worked there and ate the food daily (free food ftw)

Why does your husband place the burden of cooking solely on you, OP? Two or three times a year is beyond pathetic, do you find such uselessness attractive? Shit example of a man to your kids, too.

When DT’s were young it was an occasional treat. Once they were teenagers and students I’m sure they ate there on a regular basis.

You can control what they eat when they’re young but once they enter the teenage years, you’ve no chance!

We probably have McDonalds two or three times per year, and always at motorway services.

Which is a shame really - I love McDonalds 😄😳, but I also know how unhealthy it is.

A few times a year. It's not very nice food and we have a vegan and a vegetarian in our house so not great for us anyway.

Probably a breakfast once every 2 months or so. Don't like the burgers.

Could eat Nandos a couple of nights a week if I let myself - fortunately the cost stops me.

About once a month for lunch on My way past.
In my old job I had one every week!

Once every three months or so. On road trips.

A handful of times a year. We only ever go if we are on a long drive somewhere and need to stop at the service stations.

We tend to go when we are out somewhere and urgently need to eat/travelling. We occasionally plan to go after somewhere (because of convenience), we never plan to go as a treat.

So there have been times when its been twice in a week (or occasionally on holiday if staying v close, more) but other times we might not go for 3-6 months.

Never. Every time I've had I had the most awful heartburn and felt sick afterwards so it's probably about 8 years now. I'm all for takeouts but that's one thing I won't allow my dc to eat.

He’s not useless - he has other qualities. But this does piss me off and isn’t entirely acceptable. We do sometimes have arguments about it.

I had a filet o fish 40 years ago. Gave me the shits. That’s my one and only experience. Never taken DD.

Once or twice a year. No kids. I don't really do BK either and haven't had a KFC for years. If I want fast food, I go for either Subway or Pret.

I'd go every day. A quarter pounder with cheese, large fries and a chocolate milkshake would be my final meal on death row.

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Probably about 3 months ago. We were at a PI, didn’t fancy a big meal & there was one next door. Sometimes I’ll have one if I’m on holiday, & fancy a change from the local cuisine. Egypt was the biggest burger I’d ever had, & HK the cheapest.

Once every five years or so when desperate at a service station or similar and there is no other option. The smell of it makes me heave so I avoid it if at all possible. But I'd get some chips if my head was swimming with low blood sugar and I needed to eat something.

There is something about the oil or smell of McDonalds that I find awful. I'm not sure why. I loved occasional visits as a child.

Once a year if travelling and it’s the only choice. Kids are adults.when they were young it would be maybe once a term at the most.

Me - 1 or 2 times a year.

When the kids were small, it was rare, perhaps once every 4 months. But I prefer Burger King out of the 2 anyway.....

Dh and I aren't fans. We had one a couple of years ago whilst we were travelling, it was late, we were hungry and there was nothing else open. I ate it but we agreed it was dissapointing.

Ds11 loves our local takeway so will get a meal from there. Ive just asked the older teenagers and they say they eat at madonalds every 1-2 months.

Probably once a fortnight. It’s right next door to where the DC have swimming lessons and it’s a really busy night for us. I hate doing it so regularly but it’s cheap, quick and easy after school but before swimming lessons at 4.50pm, 6.10 and 6.30pm. Sometimes I eat them and hate myself because it wasn’t all that, but sometimes I have to admit it’s absolutely bloody delicious. Need to point out, none of us a remotely overweight and all reasonably healthy.

I last ate there on New Years Day. We went to the Staines branch on our way to a NT property (only place open earlyish on NYD) as first time parents to a sleep dodging 5 month old. Before then over a year previously.

I’m not virtuous, I just don’t live somewhere that has one. I used to live a 3 minute walk away in London and had breakfast there at least a few times a month, plus lots of late night chicken selects with fries.

About every three or four years.

Unfortunately I lost track with the lockdowns.

I must recalculate…