“Restaurants are for people with money to blow. I haven’t been to ANY restaurant in probably 1.5 years because the last time I went I seriously felt I had been robbed.”
There are some workarounds for me but not many, and no workarounds when one’s wife doesn’t realize that restaurant prices have doubled in the past 10 years, while tips are now triple (with 20+ percent being demanded).
I know this will sound sexist, that is not at all my intent.
I have indeed noticed this about the fairer sex..
It is as if they are in denial about our present financial reality. It seems the ones in my family are unable or unwilling to face why I can't retire early, why we can't take vacations every year, and yes, why we can't eat out like we did in the Trump economy.
The best description I can come up with is a sort of normalcy bias.. Is anyone else observing this? or.. is it just as prevalent among men?