My boyfriend (20) and I (18) have been living together for 2 years in an urban apartment. For us, it usually goes like this:

  1. Delivery
  2. Eating out
  3. Cooking at home

We visit our parents (and they visit us) often, and they give us lots of home-cooked food. We mostly cook at home just for fun.

I’m curious what it’s like for other people, especially in different age groups or family setups!

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      Same here. Except pizza. I’ll get that delivered, because it doesn’t involve a third party.

      Id like to go out more often, but nowadays, I can’t take my family out to eat for under $100.

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        23 hours ago

        I have a different point of view. Pizza is one of those things that’s easy and cheap to make myself, so I make that myself.

        On the rare occasion I do order or go out to eat, I prefer food I can’t cook myself very well, like persian or asian food.

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        18 hours ago

        because it doesn’t involve a third party.

        Man, the rationales some people have for why they let some people rip them off but not others is mind-boggling.

        Really reinforces my opinion of the average person.

        I can’t take my family out to eat for under $100.

        Are you in fucking Belize? Do you have a family of at least 8? Are you horrible with money?

        Or maybe this is just hyperbole.

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          17 hours ago

          It’s about $75, plus tip for two people to eat anywhere that’s not “fast casual” where I am- California Bay Area. A “nice” restaurant it would be considerably more.

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            17 hours ago

            So it’s hyperbole.

            You’re literally ignoring the restaurants that don’t help you support your argument.

            Shit is insanely overpriced, especially in the entitled and privileged area that you live. You don’t need to lie about costs.

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              I live in iowa and its the same here. Sit down mexican restaurant is at least 75 bucks after tipping (for two peope). I’m actually shocked that the price is so close in cali, i would expect it to be higher than here.

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                25 minutes ago

                There are cheaper restaurants than the one you mention.

                If you choose not to acknowledge them, that’s on you. But claiming that you can’t eat out for significantly lower than the prices you people mention is objectively wrong.

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          17 hours ago

          I’m not really sure what your point is, but we are a blended family, so yeah, there’s a lot of us.

          Sure, I could get $5 Biggie Bags at Wendy’s for everyone for under $100, but if we’re going out it’s because we WANT to, not because we need to shovel the cheapest food we can find into our mouths. We got Chinese on Friday. After tip it was a little over $100, and we didn’t even have all the kids with us. Which is why we only go out once or twice a month. The rest of the time, were cooking at home, or in case of emergencies, order $40 worth of pizza.

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            17 hours ago

            Ok well, the point was that you can eat at a restaurant as a family for under $100.

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      22 hours ago

      Exactly, eating out is crazy expensive compared to making your own food. I like to have a few bigger dishes with easy meals to fill in the gaps, and rarely eat out so I can save that money.