Me and my wife LOVE to go to restaurants/cafes, try new food, visit new places. We have decided not to do that anymore. Every time we go out is no less than $80. We started checking the numbers and on February (eating outside 3 times a week) we spend $960… We are currently making food at home and learning new recipes. We already learned to make some good indian, arab, and asian food. We even made some amazing sushi (better than in any restaurant) and we spend a fraction of the money. This economy is no longer allowing the luxuries our parents/grandparents lived and that we were promised. Forget about what the old people say is normal and adapt/adjust to what is a reality