"You can't just eat beans and rice all the time, you have to live a little, take your wife out to a nice dinner!"
"By the time you have an appetizers, entree, desert, and a few drinks, tax and tip - there is no way you are getting out of there for less than $100-200 a person"
"Of course you can never order the house wine, and any decent wine on the menu is always over a $100 a bottle"
"I didn't feel like taking the subway so I just took an Uber home instead"
"I can't afford to put anything in the 401k to get the match"