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We've made a rule of eating out only once a week. It was totally shot to hell over Christmas break, but we're just getting back into it. I don't think I could go for longer with out eating out! Sometimes we just are too busy on the weekends to be home in time for me to cook dinner or lunch.

I mean I could, but i dont want to! With 2 kids, we very rarely get out anymore. So our Friday night takeouts have become our new date night. It is soooo heavenly to put the girls to bed, order some pizza or Greek or whatever, and chill. Best part is no dishes I look forward to it all week long so I don't think I would give it up unless I really had to.

I am trying to limit how much we grab McDs or Subway though ...it adds up in $$ and can usually be avoided if I plan ahead a bit

We rarely eat out because it's not in the budget. We stopped 2.5 years ago when my daughter was born. Since then we pretty much only eat out if we happen to have a gift card. The good news is when we stopped DH and I both immediately lost a ton of weight. We weren't even eating particularly healthy at home. Also, all that money we used to spend eating out now goes to things that are more important to us.

We don't eat out much, but we do order pizza every friday. We could easily eat something else that night, so if we had to, we could do without it.

I couldn't - we pick up food or eat out 3-4 times a week. But it used to be like 6-7!

Oh my gosh. No. We eat out 3-4x a week. 1-2 dinners during the week and maybe a breakfast and a dinner on the weekend. I hate cooking. I have no time!

We get takeout once a week... it would be hard to skip it.

We do takeout Fridays because by that point I'm tired of cooking. We also tend to buy our lunches on Friday at work (the rest of the week I make us lunches) and quite often on the weekend we'll grab something for lunch while we're out and about. I guess I probably /could/ give it up but some things would have to change - we'd have to plan our weekends differently, and my husband would have to take on a share of the cooking.

Last January we went 4 weeks without eating out or take out to save money. Then we started adding it in once every two-three weeks and now we do it more frequently. DH likes to get soda or a beer when eating out so that can add up quickly.

Yes, we could. We do takeout at most once a week, often once every two weeks. We go out for dinner once, maaaybe twice a month. During more stressful times of the year (like December!) we eat on the go more often, but generally I could easily go a month or more with no takeout.

I live in New Orleans, so yeah I eat out a ton. Everything is so good, it's really hard!!

When I was on a restricted diet (either GD or my LO's food allergies), we didn't go out to eat often since choices were so limited. I've been off my restricted diet since May, and we have been eating out a lot. Just enjoying the food I've been missing out on for the past 2 years. We really should eat out less, but it's my reward for a difficult week. I cook every meal for the kids because of their food allergies, and sometimes mama needs a break.

I can happily go without takeout for months at a time, but DH is another story. His office orders pizza, chinese, etc. almost every day and he struggles not to join in. I'm really trying to get him to stop ordering so often though, we're trying to stick to our budget and daily takeout really adds up! We do try to go out to dinner for date night about once a month though.

I think you'd have to define long. We probably get takeout twice a month or so, maybe once a month at times. It's tough for me because I love getting takeout. But DH doesn't like spending the money.

I can definitely do it for extended periods of time (and have before). But I would not want to do it indefinitely. Sometimes the convenience trumps all!

We eat out or get delivery a lot!

yep - we rarely eat out

I could easily do it if it were dinner only. We are very good at meal planning and grocery shopping and always have backup options available. Lunches are tough because we don't have enough leftovers for two so I usually eat out during the work week plus my commute is long so I worry about it staying fresh.

We go out very rarely. We get take out maybe 1 time a week or not at all. I'd say we go out to dinner once every 2 months. However, during the week I like to go out to lunch on my lunch break but I use my own discretionary money. So I guess my answer, in line with your poll, would be "no way!"