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    23 Ways Eating Out Is Actually Really Stressful

    It sounds like a great idea, but it's never as much fun as you think.

    1. No-one can agree on where to go

    2. The cool restaurant doesn't take reservations

    3. The other cool restaurant does, but only for 7 months later

    4. The last cool restaurant might be too cool

    5. Even when you've decided to go, actually getting everyone together takes hours

    6. So you get there first, and everyone else is late

    7. The restaurant will be too fancy and make you feel uncomforatable

    8. Or not fancy enough...

    9. You always seem to end up with the worst seat

    10. Wine lists are straight-up terrifying

    11. The menu is actually really confusing

    12. The one thing you really want isn't available

    13. When you do make a decision, you know it was a mistake immediately

    14. Someone always has a crazy dietary requirement

    15. Your food will take ages to come

    16. When it does come, you need to wait while everyone instragrams their meal

    17. You're aware that your servers are definitely judging you

    18. When the food does come, there's definitely something there you don't recognize

    19. Someone else's dish always looks better than yours

    20. Someone at your table will ask for tomato sauce

    21. You have to over-tip for fear of ending up on the internet

    22. Seeing into the kitchen just makes you feel sorry for all the staff

    23. Splitting the check is a headache

    24. But occasionally you'll get that one great meal....