How often do you go out to eat?

I rarely get a chance to eat out. I have 3 boys and alot of times it is just trying on my nerves to eat in a restuarant with them. I expect them to behave and if they don't, I will end up getting my and whoever is causing problems, dinner packed and we will wait in the car until the others have finished. I know that this is the right thing to do, and as I haven't had to do this in a long time, I know it is working. However, little things do bother me, and I am always concerned with how the other diners view us. I know that when I do get to go out without the kids, I don't want to sit and listen to whining kids. So I am very concious of that. Hoever, we are going to go out next weekend with them, to the Cheesecake Factory. We'll see how that goes! We do get takeout about 3 times a month.

We don't eat out often-- Usually 1 time a week.. Most of the times it is ordering pizza... I try to plan meals for the week ahead on sundays. It's easier to do this. Eating in saves money and also is much healthier. We sometimes eat out on the weekends (1 night)-- to break up the cooking at home. Usually we try to stick to making it at home.

usually Friday & Saturday we get take out from somewhere. Payday on Friday..no one wants to cook. We don't always have weekends off. I work 6 days on 2 days off..my off days vary every week. My husband works 3 on 2 off, 3 off 2 on..it's strange, but we still only eat out on the weekends !!