Milkshakes and Cafes- a rant

I generally don’t like to eat out.

I have a lot of dietary restrictions, I am a very picky eater, and if I get salad I want the dressing on the side.

However this isn’t the main reason I don’t like to eat out. No it isn’t because I am lactose intolerant and they only have (cow) milk shakes. In fact it isn’t because of the enoumous amount of calories and sodium in a single appetizer. And no it isn’t because I am cheap.

Perhaps frugality has a little to do with it, but the biggest reason is that I would much prefer to do something else with my time and money.

Sitting at an overpriced cafe nibbling on croissants while sipping on a foamy latte sounds about as appealing as listening to Adam Sandler read. Sure it doesn’t require a lot of work on my part,  but it most certainly isn’t fun.

This means that often times (not always) when I do go out it is because of other people-  because friends, family or people I just met, persuaded me to go out to eat.

Now this doesn’t mean I don’t like to go out or eat, I do. I love spending time with people, I love biking, I love shopping and would even be up for a trip out to a museum or a karaoke place. I enjoy going places, I just prefer to eat at home.

The joy of cooking your own meal far surpasses the ease of purchasing it.

Whenever someone offers me to go out and eat, I usually resist it thinking of all the dresses, shoes and even makeup that I could buy with that money. Also considering the twenty one questions I will have to ask the waiter about the menu.

 ”I’ll pay” they say, thinking it is because I want to save the $8. But my hesitation isn’t because I wish to con people into paying for me or because I don’t like you, no it is because I could really use some more blue eyeliner and that milk shake doesn’t help me to achieve that goal.

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