My Account
Sign up, and you'll be able to customize your font size and more!
Sign up
Report problem with this ad
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Apr 25, 2024
12:01
:13
pm
HarlemCoug
Truly Addicted User
Not in NYC. Try finding a reservation for an elite restaurant. People are actually making reservations and then selling
them online.
You can find reservations for good restaurants but the elite ones are as difficult as finding a baptism reservation at the Jordan river temple.
This message has been modified
Originally posted on Apr 25, 2024 at 12:01:13pm
Message modified by HarlemCoug on Apr 25, 2024 at 12:04:00pm
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Report problem with this ad
HarlemCoug
Previous username
Big12
Bio page
HarlemCoug
Joined
Sep 8, 2014
Last login
Jun 16, 2024
Total posts
32,694 (4,097 FO)
Report problem with this ad
Messages
Author
Time
People mention overspending on autos and houses, but I think most people, if
Acorn
Apr 25, 9:32am
Tracking my spending on eating out further justified eating out.
Soren Tversky
Apr 25, 9:35am
<< Deleted >>
chilawcoug
Apr 25, 9:38am
I'm really bad at cooking... but I'm really good at ordering.
HarlemCoug
Apr 25, 11:50am
Grocery shopping is not much cheaper
WJCougar
Apr 25, 9:40am
It's more than it used to be but still significantly cheaper than eating out
Schultz is back
Apr 25, 9:41am
Actually there are arguments that grocery shopping and making lunches is more expensive. That's because you get no
ChinaFan
Apr 25, 11:45am
<< Deleted >>
chilawcoug
Apr 25, 11:58am
mine came from a channel about budgeting in retirement, and the fact that about 30% of what you buy ends up in the
ChinaFan
Apr 26, 11:16am
I take leftover homemade dinner or just have a protein drink for lunch every day
Schultz is back
Apr 25, 12:49pm
and that's the discipline many people do not have in this generation.
ChinaFan
Apr 26, 11:17am
It definitely is more expensive to be stupid than smart with your purchases
Acorn
Apr 25, 1:09pm
<< Deleted >>
chilawcoug
Apr 25, 9:42am
Whole foods is expensive but they have a great sample bar.
Malathion
Apr 25, 9:46am
ALDI
Lifer
Apr 25, 10:17am
It is amazing to me how much we spend on "needs" compared to our parents.
Ycrazy
Apr 25, 9:41am
Exactly this. Throw in vacations as well. Our family "vacation" was a road trip
O Gaucho
Apr 25, 10:11am
Yet a lot of folks think they're "poor"....
NorCal_Coug
Apr 25, 10:34am
There is an opportunity cost to money spent, and also an opportunity cost to
garyfan
Apr 25, 9:44am
One of my favorite soap boxes. Time... There are 168 hours every week. No one
Acorn
Apr 25, 10:36am
And the time savings (not the money) is one of the reasons people eat out.
garyfan
Apr 25, 12:07pm
I would guess the majority of it is just laziness. Not all, but probably most.
Acorn
Apr 25, 12:22pm
It’s both. But I think you underestimate how busy many families are, even if
garyfan
Apr 25, 12:25pm
Yup. We spent $16.5k on dining last year and $13.3k on groceries.
justAnotherCoug
Apr 25, 9:47am
<< Deleted >>
chilawcoug
Apr 25, 9:49am
Last year we probably ate out, on average, 2-3 times a week
justAnotherCoug
Apr 25, 9:54am
<< Deleted >>
chilawcoug
Apr 25, 9:57am
Anything we ate out including going for ice cream, or movie popcorn is in dining
justAnotherCoug
Apr 25, 9:58am
We are about the same, eating out is our one financial vice
compcoug
Apr 25, 11:19am
No issue with that as long as someone has a plan and isn't shortchanging other
Acorn
Apr 25, 11:40am
One could argue as well the the eat out is likely less healthy than a home...
ordinary tri guy
Apr 25, 9:56am
I loved eating out before 2020. Now I hate it. Everything changed. Not just cost
chismoso
Apr 25, 9:58am
Yes, the quality has gone way down.
lilpenny
Apr 25, 10:15am
Is the backlash hitting restaurants?
JoMax
Apr 25, 10:31am
Not in NYC. Try finding a reservation for an elite restaurant. People are actually making reservations and then selling
HarlemCoug
Apr 25, 12:01pm
And to add to that, eating out isn’t healthy at all for the most part.
brazilcoug
Apr 25, 10:31am
$3000 in today's money, but let's go back and figure 1/2 that over the last 40 years I worked... so $1500 x 40 = $60K...
ChinaFan
Apr 25, 11:44am
A couple of things:
Acorn
Apr 25, 12:55pm
get a smoker and a blackstone and you cure yourself of the desire to eat out
lukeskywalker
Apr 25, 11:59am
Report problem with this ad
Posting on CougarBoard
In order to post, you will need to either
sign up
or
log in
.
Report problem with this ad