Anonymous wrote:The truth is that I could never justify spending $150 on a meal for two people and it is not that I cannot afford it because we are quite well off.

To me that is literally throwing money away.

It's a fun time.
What do you spend on?

Anonymous wrote:The truth is that I could never justify spending $150 on a meal for two people and it is not that I cannot afford it because we are quite well off.

To me that is literally throwing money away.

That's how we like to spend our date money. We used to spend $60 on a sitter. Now that our kids are older and can stay by themselves, that's $60 more we can spend on the food Some people are foodies, some are not. I have a very modest car compared to my income level, but I don't go around saying that people who spend $50,000 or more on a car are "literally throwing their money away."

What do you spend money on?

So is spending whatever it costs to buy tortillas, beans and a side of salt at Chipotle.

The truth is that I could never justify spending $150 on a meal for two people and it is not that I cannot afford it because we are quite well off.

To me that is literally throwing money away.

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Anonymous wrote:Eating out of the house = eating out.

Is this some regional linguistic difference where eating out means eating somewhere fancy?

Agree a million percent.

Right? I guess compared to most on here, we either go to cheap places or pretty casual. For non drive thru places where we eat in, even with 6 people and tip, we usually don't spend more than $100, and I'm being generous with that number. We don't drink alcohol and half of us order water so I'm sure that helps.

Two of us. We typically spend $2-250 per week on dinners out (usually just weekends). Lunches I spend about $100 a week. But it is highly variable. A $2-300 dinner isn't unheard of a few times a month. I think last year we spent about $35k dining out based on my Amex spending.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a rare date night out tonight. Had two margaritas, an appetizer, two entrees and a dessert. Plus a meal brought home to the babysitter. Totaled $65 with tax and tip.

Chipotle serves margaritas?

You're being facetious but actually, they do.

Breakfast daily is $10-$20 depending on how many kids are with us.

Lunch a few times a week $20

Dinners 3 times a week with kids $30-$60.

Date night dinner no less than $100

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Anonymous wrote:I still want to hear back from Bring Your Own Cream Cheese mom.

That would be me, the panera one (is Panera even considered eating out or does it rank as a subway or Chipotle as in previous posts?)

What do you want to know? That we like to save our money, but Panera is a sweet treat for us? That it is outrageously expensive to buy a tiny tub of cream cheese and less-than-generous cup of fruit for a family of 5?

So tacky. Get it to go or just stay home, but this is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:We had a rare date night out tonight. Had two margaritas, an appetizer, two entrees and a dessert. Plus a meal brought home to the babysitter. Totaled $65 with tax and tip.

Chipotle serves margaritas?

If the cost of a little tub of cream cheese is going to break you, then you probably shouldn't eat out at all. It's not fair to the establishment.

Anonymous wrote:I still want to hear back from Bring Your Own Cream Cheese mom.

That would be me, the panera one (is Panera even considered eating out or does it rank as a subway or Chipotle as in previous posts?)

What do you want to know? That we like to save our money, but Panera is a sweet treat for us? That it is outrageously expensive to buy a tiny tub of cream cheese and less-than-generous cup of fruit for a family of 5?

We had a rare date night out tonight. Had two margaritas, an appetizer, two entrees and a dessert. Plus a meal brought home to the babysitter. Totaled $65 with tax and tip.

On average we spend about $350 a month for family of 4 - kids 2 and 4 and around 50-60 for dinner. We almost never go out for breakfast or lunch.

I still want to hear back from Bring Your Own Cream Cheese mom.