Night in the pub v night in

Ahhhh for forks sake!

The other day my OH and I decided to have a night in. We had six cans each (twelve in total).

The six pack of Stella Artois cost €9 each. So €18 in total. We bought a pizza which cost us €2 and some potato croquets, €1.

€21 in total for six beers and snacks in comfort.

If We has gone to the pub, the pints would be €5 or so, the food could be €10-€20. Overall in the pub it would have cost €80 in the pub compared to €22 at home.

The pub can **** off. From now on I’ll drink at home in comfort and bring friends around.

If minimum pricing comes in, then I’ll ramp up my homebrewing.

Tipsy McSwagger

You'll be back out next week

Stonedpilot

Ahhhh for forks sake! wrote: »

The other day my OH and I decided to have a night in. We had six cans each (twelve in total).

The six pack of Stella Artois cost €9 each. So €18 in total. We bought a pizza which cost us €2 and some potato croquets, €1.

€21 in total for six beers and snacks in comfort.

If We has gone to the pub, the pints would be €5 or so, the food could be €10-€20. Overall in the pub it would have cost €80 in the pub compared to €22 at home.

The pub can **** off. From now on I’ll drink at home in comfort and bring friends around.

If minimum pricing comes in, then I’ll ramp up my homebrewing.

Can I ask how old you are?. As want to know How many years it to took you to discover cans from off licence is cheaper than pints in the pub.

evolving_doors

Ahhhh for forks sake! wrote: »

The other day my OH and I decided to have a night in. We had six cans each (twelve in total).

The six pack of Stella Artois cost €9 each. So €18 in total. We bought a pizza which cost us €2 and some potato croquets, €1.

€21 in total for six beers and snacks in comfort.

If We has gone to the pub, the pints would be €5 or so, the food could be €10-€20. Overall in the pub it would have cost €80 in the pub compared to €22 at home.

The pub can **** off. From now on I’ll drink at home in comfort and bring friends around.

If minimum pricing comes in, then I’ll ramp up my homebrewing.

Story doesn't add up. Fake news.

gifted

Stella????........

Stonedpilot

gifted wrote: »

Stella????........

He means tins of Wife Beater.

big b

OP & partner could have gone for a walk & saved themselves a further 21 or 22 euro, depending which version of their story you believe.

OP clearly has drink, pizza & potato croquette issues

Jim Bob Scratcher

Hmm lets see

Night in = more booze for less money, around people you want to be with

Night out = more money for less booze, ****e music, taxi's, takeaways

theteal

Maybe I’m getting old but that’s a lot of cans for a night in

OldMrBrennan83

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SEPT 23 1989

Cans of cheap Stella and a pizza

OP knows how to treat a lady well

Amirani

Going to a pub is a different experience. Not saying it's necessarily a better one, just that it's different. Same way that going eating in a restaurant is a different experience to getting takeaway.

If you're exclusively wanting to drink as cheaply as possibly and just chat with your friends/partner then staying home is your best best. If you'd rather draught beers and some atmosphere then pub is a better option. Thankfully people can do either as they prefer.

Stonedpilot

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Cans of cheap Stella and a pizza

OP knows how to treat a lady well

Haha.

Roger Hassenforder

If OP doesnt up his game, he'll be soon having an even cheaper night in, when his auld doll fcuks off with Flash Harry for a night of pina coladas and honey roasted nuts in a swanky boozer.

Thud

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Cans of cheap Stella and a pizza

OP knows how to treat a lady well

hey, he bought her potato croquets (croquettes) as well

Roger Hassenforder

Thud wrote: »

hey, he bought her potato croquets (croquettes) as well

He was probably expecting his hole after such largesse.

Casey78

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Cans of cheap Stella and a pizza

OP knows how to treat a lady well

A €2 pizza at that. Sounds nasty.

OP looks like a maths question on the junior cert

Wanderer78

Went camping Friday night, haven't a clue how much it cost, everyone was happy, fcuk the pub

Aurora1966

Maybe should try larging it up in Wetherspoons monday club, 4 pints for 10 quid, shorts and mixer 3 quid or a double for a fiver. Pizzas and chicken wings 5 quid aswell, get the cheap booze and atmosphere for less than half the price of normal boozers. Only problem is degenerates of society around, loud and lurid conversation might send u back home.

RoboRat

I went out on Saturday night, first time in months and had 3 pints and a pack of bacon fries, came to a bout €16 in total and sat in a nice oul fella bar and enjoyed a good catch up. Walked home, had a toasted sandwich and went to bed.

You don't need to have a feed of pints to have a good night out and you don't have a horrible hangover the next morning.

CruelCoin

gifted wrote: »

Stella????........

Aye.

Christ, he could have gone for really expensive stuff and still be out ahead, but that pisswasser?

gifted

A lovely couple ....

I sit at home watching tv most nights of the week so why would I want to do it on the nights I go out? Pub is much better than sitting in, yes you pay more but you get a lot more out of it too.

Ok there can be some good nights in with a few friends around watching a match etc but overall pub wins out the majority of the time.

Grayson

Ahhhh for forks sake! wrote: »

The other day my OH and I decided to have a night in. We had six cans each (twelve in total).

The six pack of Stella Artois cost €9 each. So €18 in total. We bought a pizza which cost us €2 and some potato croquets, €1.

€21 in total for six beers and snacks in comfort.

If We has gone to the pub, the pints would be €5 or so, the food could be €10-€20. Overall in the pub it would have cost €80 in the pub compared to €22 at home.

The pub can **** off. From now on I’ll drink at home in comfort and bring friends around.

If minimum pricing comes in, then I’ll ramp up my homebrewing.

Sounds like an average night for me. Minus the stella, and croquettes. And the missus

Which is why I go out on fridays.

Assetbacked

There's only two nights of the week where it is fine to stay up late and therefore watching a few episodes of something or a movie can be done on these nights. Throw in some nice food, my girlfriend, a few drinks, the option to pause when going to smoke a joint or even just use the bathroom and a cosy couch and this, to me, is better than going out to a bar late at night.

seamus

All depends on your mood.

Sometimes sitting around the kitchen table talking ****e is fun. Sometimes sitting in the corner of the pub with freshly-pulled pints is good craic.

When you have kids, the pub takes on a whole new dimension. Sometimes just getting out of the house and talking to other adults without interruption is all you're looking for.

wakka12

theteal wrote: »

Maybe I’m getting old but that’s a lot of cans for a night in

Pretty standard for people my age anyway(college age..)..OP sounds young

Personally I think being out in town in pubs and bars is usually more fun than being at home. But staying in some nights is nice too the odd time, and of course saves a lot of money. A good compromise is cans in the park or by the canal.

theteal

theteal wrote: »

Maybe I’m getting old but that’s a lot of cans for a night in

6 cans is a fairly easy night imo for a planned night in.

Have barely been out in pubs at all in years. And when I am in one it is usually because there is a gig I want to see.

I throw a monthly house party now and friends come over. The one from this month on the 14th managed to go on until pretty much the Monday morning. Great fun.

I buy all the food and beer in for it but there is a box everyone can throw money in towards it if they feel like it. I have always at least broken even. Sometimes have profit to throw at the following month. So it is like a free night for me and the girls paid for by the mates who come over.

Hector Bellend

theteal wrote: »

Maybe I’m getting old but that’s a lot of cans for a night in

sure youd drink that for breakfast

McMurphy

€2 pizza and €1 croquettes.

Cornerstone of every nutritional meal.

And washed down with Stella.

razorblunt

Did ya get the ride though?

theteal

wakka12 wrote: »

Pretty standard for people my age anyway(college age..)..OP sounds young

Brentley Petite Sparrow wrote: »

6 cans is a fairly easy night imo for a planned night in.

Hector Bellend wrote: »

sure youd drink that for breakfast

Completely going OT, but a night in with the missus isn't about swamping pints (12 cans of stella :eek:) no matter what age you are, surely. A bottle of wine followed by a bottle or three of some nice beer - most likely shared depending on how much of a goo the wine has given her :rolleyes: would be our lot. I'd love to blame the growing family as the cause of this "lightness of weight" but looking back, that would have been an average night-in a few years before any kids/mortgages came along.

Anyway, pubs obviously have their place but yeah, it's not a cheap hobby.

AllForIt

You can do both, drink every weekday monday to friday and have a couple of nights out at the weekend. Variety is the spice of life.

But seriously I prefer a thousand times going out socializing.

Purple Mountain

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Have barely been out in pubs at all in years. And when I am in one it is usually because there is a gig I want to see.

I throw a monthly house party now and friends come over. The one from this month on the 14th managed to go on until pretty much the Monday morning. Great fun.

I buy all the food and beer in for it but there is a box everyone can throw money in towards it if they feel like it. I have always at least broken even. Sometimes have profit to throw at the following month. So it is like a free night for me and the girls paid for by the mates who come over.

Can you post the next date here please?!

Bunny Colvin

Assetbacked wrote: »

There's only two nights of the week where it is fine to stay up late and therefore watching a few episodes of something or a movie can be done on these nights. Throw in some nice food, my girlfriend, a few drinks, the option to pause when going to smoke a joint or even just use the bathroom and a cosy couch and this, to me, is better than going out to a bar late at night.

I love the way you put nice food ahead of your girl in that list.

doolox

....pubs are down a lot on what used to be the state of trade in the 70's and 80's when I was a singleton going out 4 to 5 nights a week and twice weekly to nightclubs in my home town.

You wouldn't be able to do that now on the average industrial wage.

Banning smoking, stricter drink driving enforcement, way dearer drink compared to off licence sales ( non existent in 1970's or same price as pubs....) have made volume trade in pubs tiny compared to 40 yrs ago.

DEFTLEFTHAND

theteal wrote: »

Maybe I’m getting old but that’s a lot of cans for a night in

A six pack each?

Would be considered pre pub drinking for a lot of people.

RocketRaccoon

Queuing up for overpriced pints.
Queuing up for the toilet.
****e, loud music meaning you can't have a decent conversation.
Arseholes everywhere.
Queuing for food.
Queuing for a taxi.
Awful awful hangover.

Nah, you're grand. I had a few cans at home last night with the wife. We watched a movie, put on some music that we like afterwards and it cost us about €20.

allybhoy

razorblunt wrote: »

Did ya get the ride though?

He was going to, but after seeing the price of condoms he decided to use his hand instead

showpony1

allybhoy wrote: »

He was going to, but after seeing the price of condoms he decided to use his hand instead

he used the packaging from the croquettes with an elastic band

RocketRaccoon

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Queuing up for overpriced pints.
Queuing up for the toilet.
****e, loud music meaning you can't have a decent conversation.
Arseholes everywhere.
Queuing for food.
Queuing for a taxi.
Awful awful hangover.

Nah, you're grand. I had a few cans at home last night with the wife. We watched a movie, put on some music that we like afterwards and it cost us about €20.

I went out for breakfast/brunch yesterday - few pints with breakfast/brunch and stayed on watching the match. Few pints in another cosy pub after the match. Some nice food and then into another really nice cosy pub before heading home.

Nice food (x2)
Lovely Guinnness
Nice atmosphere (for the match and then a relaxed one in the other pubs)
Great company with herself
Overall very nice day

Sitting at home can't really be compared imo. Sitting at home watching a movie is a nice way to spend an evening but its not to be compared with a day/night out they are totally different things.

Roger Hassenforder

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Nah, you're grand. I had a few cans at home last night with the wife. We watched a movie, put on some music that we like afterwards and it cost us about €20.

I hope you gave her a can or two?

OldMrBrennan83

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Roger Hassenforder

Patww79 wrote: »

Maybe if you like wine and nice beer. Each to their own like, but I'd take the 6 Stella any day.

So you dont like nice beer?

RocketRaccoon

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

I hope you gave her a can or two?

Nah, she had some non alcoholic Heineken as she's in a delicate condition for the next few months.

RoboRat

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Queuing up for overpriced pints.
Queuing up for the toilet.
****e, loud music meaning you can't have a decent conversation.
Arseholes everywhere.
Queuing for food.
Queuing for a taxi.
Awful awful hangover.

Nah, you're grand. I had a few cans at home last night with the wife. We watched a movie, put on some music that we like afterwards and it cost us about €20.

Not all pubs are loud music with huge queues. The local I go to has no TV, a nice fire during the winter and a very cosy and relaxed atmosphere. I have never queued for the toilet and a pint costs €4.80. 3 or 4 pints and then home, no hangover and a nice social night out.

OldMrBrennan83

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RocketRaccoon

RoboRat wrote: »

Not all pubs are loud music with huge queues. The local I go to has no TV, a nice fire during the winter and a very cosy and relaxed atmosphere. I have never queued for the toilet and a pint costs €4.80. 3 or 4 pints and then home, no hangover and a nice social night out.

I have one pub like that local to me and have no issue going there a few times a year. But the rest of the pubs local to me are exactly as I described.

Spanish Eyes

On one of the rare occasions I graced a pub in town with my presence I counted 8 TVs all showing some mind numbing horse racing from Doncaster or something. I left.

Saturday nights in our local pub were great at one time (OK I'm older), good bands and so on, but the noise of it all and the crowds and the general mayhem just did me in eventually.

So, if I could find a nice pub with NO tv's, no music and just nice and quiet I think I would frequent. Not happening anymore though it seems.

Staying in is obviously the new going out!