<prompt> Human: By reading many budgets and budgeting advices here and in other places, one of the common expenseadvice is always eating out. I cant understand why so many people spend 200months eating in restaurants unless that is a business expense.Being from west Europe I dont know anyone that spend so much on eating out. Whats wrong with eathing at home and then going out with friends for a bier or two? Its both cheaper and healthier.I see that it might be a cultural thing, but still dont undestand it.  <response>: Side note: It is often cheaper for a family of four to go to Mcdonalds for dinner than it is for them to cook. Factor in time constraints and poverty and its easy to see why low-income families eat out so much. Also, not very many other countries poorest people are also the most obese. Typically, low income people in the rest of the world are the skinniest 