Thank you for all your great ideas! Having thought about this, I think we are going to #1 Go out less often maybe every 3rd week. Tell him right off to bat, no soda, water. The thing is, he Loves this Thai restaurant! He always gets this (this is how it's pronounced): Moo Todd Ga Time. He absolutely adores it. I'm sure he might enjoy something less expensive on the menu, but you know how it is when you find your favourite!! I order the same thing over too. And it is totally embarrassing to say "Pick something less expensive!" in a restaurant.
As for other restaurants, honestly I don't know where you can get away for a quality meal (NOT fast food, we have all but cut that out) for less than that. Even sandwich places that are marginal you are going to pay $35 here - no problem, and I'm not talking extras or drinks. At least this is a quality meal, we'll just do less often and I'm thinking maybe we can still meet dh for lunch, we'll just do a picnic or something. Or sometimes dh will come home, that is good too.
I don't want to leave him at home since he loves this place. If it were any other place I wouldn't care but actually at 10.5 I really don't leave him alone yet for extended periods of time. He is not really mature enough. I will go out for walks and such, but as for leaving for more than an hour, he's not ready for it yet. Lets put it this way: he still is learning how to properly answer the phone, I'm sorry if you can't properly answer a phone, you are not ready to stay by yourself!!
Edited by Stormy - 6/30/12 at 9:48pm
