Chapter 26 ★Two or four review your dinner with friends

One thing neither Gibbs nor I wanted to deal with when we started living austerely was having friends over for dinner.We cherish our evenings with some good friends, but, since neither Gibbs nor I are obligated to prepare dinner, I find neither of us willing to devote that time and energy to it.Luckily, after putting up with our family's cooking skills, most of our friends agree with us on not cooking dinner. Now, for dinner, we often meet up with friends in a restaurant where we each pay our bills.We can get away from grocery shopping, washing, chopping, cooking and cleaning, and our time and energy are freed up, so we can share each other's friends.In this way, you don't need to pay expensive expenses, even if you share the cost of the meal (fifth and eighth method), and there will be no overnutrition.Furthermore, it is not necessary to choose a night. Saturday and Sunday morning are also a good time to have a relaxing dinner with friends.

On the other hand, we also know people who have abstained from eating in restaurants altogether.They are tired of spending money, tired of the noise and second-hand smoke in restaurants, and the lack of privacy in most restaurants.Like us, they don't like cooking.So, when they get together with friends, they'd rather go home and enjoy a light meal and share the cost equally.They also worked out some new rules for this kind of social occasion, however, people can also bring whatever they want, as long as it is low calorie food, moderate amount and not competitive spirit.