spamtrap1888 wrote:
> This point of view was brought to my attention rather forcefully this
> weekend.
>
> We met friends at a gallery exhibition of a mutual friend's work.
> After we'd been there for a while, my wife and I thought we should all
> get a bite to eat nearby. Nothing fancy, just a place where we could
> sit and talk. I asked one of our friends where they liked to eat when
> they didn't feel like cooking. (This couple is in their 80s, and are
> starting to slow down a bit.)
>
> Almost indignant, he informed me that he ALWAYS felt like cooking.

Heh! I usually do too, except perhaps for when I am sick.

Used to be that we mainly dined out when we were out doing something that
wasn't in our every day routine. Like a trip to the Dr. that we hadn't
expected. Or going out shopping and having it last longer than we thought
it would. Then dinner time would roll around and we'd be hungry, so we'd go
out to eat. But then we discussed this and neither daughter nor I liked to
do this!

So I had to start planning things better. We might be out till late. What
will I have to eat when I get home? Once in a while this will mean a trip
to the store on the way home to get salad bar or a piece of cooked chicken
or something like that. If we are headed home from my parent's house or
maybe even the hair salon, then we might go through the drive through at
Taco Time because it is quicker to do that than to go to the store. But
daughter has gotten really burned out on their food.