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I envy your financial situation that you can afford to do that.
My weekly grocery budget (single person household) is £25 (~US$34), which is about the price of a decent meal for one person in a low-end restaurant here. Seven days food and other household supplies for the price of one meal. Stop and think on that for a bit, maybe.
Family do help me out from time to time, but they're not exactly rolling in money either, so what they provide would otherwise be covered by that budget. They just help me stretch things a bit further.
Could I afford to spend a bit more? Possibly. But I like to keep a little extra put by for that inevitable disaster where I have to hire someone to fix what neither I nor my family can handle.
Perhaps importantly here, I like to know that I could get by without family help, and I'm pretty sure I could. Can you say the same?
Bullshit.
Maybe I could have been clearer about the number of courses I was talking about.
The last meal I went out for was a family outing paid for by a relative. There were five of us (one a child) and we all had a two course meal and drinks. The bill was well in excess of £100. This was not an upscale restaurant.
Yes there were cheaper options on the menu. The starters, and maybe a couple of the mains were under £10, but that's just one course.
There are also cheaper restaurants to go to. Much cheaper.
Your argument made it seem like there are no cheaper restaurants, which is false.
You're choosing to pay that price.