How often to eat out?

I love to eat out and in the past my husband and I often ordered food or visited the restaurants. Today we are not able to do that because we are trying save up money for a trip and we have to cut back on that kind of things, and it is cheaper to eat at home. At moment we only order food on special occations. We celebrated our wedding anniversary in May and on that day we had dinner in a Chinese restaurant. We had a very nice evening there, and we enjoyed it even more because we aren't able to eat out that often at the moment. In June we are going to celebrate the midsummer night and we might eat out that night, too. I guess we eat out once a month or less.

I can understand you because I have a full time job too plus a spare work. I think that three times a week is normal if you can afford it. Prices go up all the time and sometimes I feel that it's not cheaper to cook at home. And even a simple meal takes a lot of time to shop and prepare. I cannot afford to go out so often but I have lunch at my work and I take meals home.

Because of my work, I tend to travel a lot at times... I end up eating out everyday, sometimes... But when Imdont have to travel, itey to make it home in time to eat with family...

Right now I'm pregnant so its every hard to want to eat in. But we try to eat in as much as possible. If we do eat out during the week it might be once or twice a week.

If neither of you enjoy cooking and spending time in the kitchen, 3 times a week, isn't very often. I think it's all about personal choice. It can be a great idea or eat out if that's what you both enjoy. I also eat out quite often because I like it when someone else does the cooking and cleaning. I probably eat out once a day and then have healthy snacks that are low maintenance at home. I live alone so I have the freedom to do what I feel is best for myself.