Whenever my friends or coworkers get together, they want to meet over food. Anything from coffee to lunches, dinners, or drinks.
I dislike eating out because it is so, so expensive. When I calculate the margin the restaurant is making over how much it would cost me to make the same meal myself at home, I can't even begin to rationalize it. It's also far less healthy, and I'm a bit of an extreme health nut. Don't even get me started on buying drinks...
I am able to explain to my close friends that I don't like buying food or drinks outside because I like to save money, but it becomes a little bit more awkward when it is coworkers or people who don't know me as well.
How do you guys avoid eating out in social situations? What reasons do you give, without sounding too weird?
January 10, 2019 at 10:41AM
