Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you want to eat out more or eat out less? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:18:01 +0000 808love on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1054505 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:06:53 +0000 808love 1054505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thanks for all of your votes and 'food for thought'! mrsmate on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1052261 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:37:55 +0000 mrsmate 1052261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm a pretty decent home cook, and I can't remember the last time I was happy with a restaurant meal (except our anniversary dinner a few weeks ago at a high end place). So I'm happy to keep cooking and saving our $ for a really nice meal out 1-2x/mo. ETA: I didn't vote bc I'm happy w/our balance now. CottonCandy on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051979 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:26:02 +0000 CottonCandy 1051979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We eat out way, wayyyy more than we should. (More than our budget allows). It would save us a lot of $$ if we ate in more. We are just bad at meal planning when we get super busy. MrsTiz on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051849 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:47:24 +0000 MrsTiz 1051849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Way more, if budget allowed it! I don't mind cooking but I hate deciding what to cook and cleaning up after. lemondrop on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051777 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:32:05 +0000 lemondrop 1051777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Less, but mainly doing it to save money. I could happily eat out every meal if my husband were ok with it ;) We eat out 2x a week for dinner and 1-2 times for breakfast. For lunch it varies. Of course lately with morning sickness, anything goes if it sounds good. 808love on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051562 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:22:14 +0000 808love 1051562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wow, the poll is exactly 50/50 now! Interesting.... When I eat out, I sometimes think I should be eating in and feel like I want to save money and when I eat in, I dream of eating out! su9su9 on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051497 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:01:28 +0000 su9su9 1051497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My kids are hard to feed so I would love to eat out more (pho places -- they LOVE), but I don't want to spend the money. I will say that 1 week a month, we never eat out. But for the other 3 weeks, we eat out 1 or 2 times a week. swurlygurl on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051326 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:10:25 +0000 swurlygurl 1051326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I voted more - I could count on one hand the number of times we've gone out to eat alone (not as part of a big family dinner or birthday dinner with friends, etc) in the 3 years we've been married. mrsjyw on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051314 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:07:12 +0000 mrsjyw 1051314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a fairly good balanace right now, tho I'd prefer to eat in a lil bit more. We usually eat in 4/5 days out of seven :) pui on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051309 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:06:27 +0000 pui 1051309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I love eating out! Obviously for cost reasons we limit it though. Some weeks we eat out more than others, depending on our work load. Lately we've been eating out/ordering in more often because we're so busy! LuLu Mom on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051305 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:05:22 +0000 LuLu Mom 1051305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We usually go out for dinner once a weekend and maybe lunch once, and then we are both "allowed" one eat out during the work week. I'm trying to cut it down to only 1 lunch a week no matter what, but I'm not getting rid of the one dinner, that is a break for me! mrs.cookie on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less/page/2#post-1051293 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:01:25 +0000 mrs.cookie 1051293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Way more - DH works mega long hours so we eat out only very occasionally as a family - esp since we had 2nd bub. But I do sneak in quite a few brunches and lunches with girlfriends who don't have babies yet - so the kid to adult ratio stays doable :) lamariniere on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051250 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:46:10 +0000 lamariniere 1051250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We usually go out once or twice during the weekends (brunch or dinner) and I cook the rest of the time. I wouldn't mind an occasional weeknight dinner out. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051230 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:40:15 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1051230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 70% of our meals are take out. Even breakfast on the weekend. Itslike we have a standing IHOP To Go reservation. We waste so much money on food. Last Sunday Maggiano's to go was $55 and that's one meal of pasta. We would be rich, RICH I tell you if we ate out only 30% of the time. MrsTal on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051202 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:30:39 +0000 MrsTal 1051202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't even eat out that much maybe 1-2 times a week but I picked eat out less. I just wish I had the energy to always cook for myself as its so much healthier but when DH is gone sometimes it's just easier to grab a some fast food after work. Bookish on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051201 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:30:10 +0000 Bookish 1051201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ More! I love going out to eat, but we don't have a lot of great restaurants...plus it's only in the budget to go out or get takeout a couple times a month. DillonLion on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051200 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:30:08 +0000 DillonLion 1051200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would love love love to go out more, try new places, etc. But DH is a 'eat to live' not 'live to ear' type of person so we don't go out nearly as often as I would prefer. He just doesn't care about food like that. NavyRN2012 on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051190 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:27:14 +0000 NavyRN2012 1051190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We always eat at home and I'd love to be able to budget 1-2 nights/week to go somewhere nice. Smurfette on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051182 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:25:35 +0000 Smurfette 1051182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About the same. I would love to go out to dinner verses take out but LO has decided that isn't happening for us Ash on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051150 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:16:21 +0000 Ash 1051150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We go out to eat 1-2x a week (on weekends) and I wish we ate out less - mainly for money reasons. MapleMoose on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051077 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:27:24 +0000 MapleMoose 1051077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The same. But I chose "eat out more" in the poll. I love cooking and prefer home cooked meals so we eat at home waaaay more than eating out. But I enjoy the experience of going out to eat, it's a treat. LazyLightning on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051075 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:25:36 +0000 LazyLightning 1051075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ More, if you include takeout. We already eat out several times a week, but I do wish we did it more because cooking is so tiresome, and my picky hubs only likes a limited variety of things. Only reason I insist on eating at home sometimes is for health reasons. heffalump on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051073 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:23:52 +0000 heffalump 1051073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Less. I used to cook more until I got pregnant and now I'm just so tired all the time. Now I only cook maybe once a week.... And I make all of los and my breakfasts and lunches at home. I miss home cooked dinner though. looch on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051068 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:21:28 +0000 looch 1051068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Eat out at restaurants? We only eat at home on the weekends, during the week, we have dinner at my parents house. BabyBoecksMom on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051066 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:19:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1051066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Eat out less. We eat lunch out together almost every day and we go out for dinner 1-3 times a week. I want to save some of that money. Chocoholic on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1051059 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:15:56 +0000 Chocoholic 1051059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Considering our LO isn't here yet I think we should go out to eat more. We usually do maybe once every other month? It's so nice when we do though, next time will be end of September for our anniversary. sunny on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1050911 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:13:21 +0000 sunny 1050911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ More! We hardly eat out since our LO goes to bed so early so it's a treat when we do. Arden on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1050905 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:05:18 +0000 Arden 1050905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ More. Way more. We don't have the budget to go out at all though. MrsScallop on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1050901 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:00:00 +0000 MrsScallop 1050901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely more! I enjoy trying new things and I don't have the time or drive to try to make it myself. And the idea of no dishes is awesome :). Money wise, though, I really need to eat out less. Mrs. Pen on "Do you want to eat out more or eat out less?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-to-eat-out-more-or-eat-out-less#post-1050869 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:35:32 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1050869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Probably eat out more but it's not in the budget. We only allot $75/mo for eating out and that includes things like buying coffee... So that is maybe twice a month? And we usually go to the same places, nothing fancy. We have a local Firestone pizzeria we love and we go there about once a month. It'd be nice to not have to cook so much! It takes so much time, but saves money.