"When I go out to dinner with my friends and no one stares at me or asks to be moved to a table further away from me, that's a good day, " she says.

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I'm having -- I see my daughters before they go to school and I see them at night for dinner, even if I have to go back down to the office.

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But I want to have the liberty to go to dinner with others.

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But from the time I got interested in this over a four- or five-year period, I'd go to lunch or dinner with people and they'd say, 'What are you working on?

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But I really want to be able to cook my own dinner that night, so I go in.

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My daughter laughed at me a few weeks ago when I said I was getting up from dinner to go online.

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"I'd never choose to go to Malibu for dinner, " Julie added, referring to our plans.

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Had I filled out the questionnaire seven years ago, I would have been categorised as either "established middle class" or "new affluent" because back then I could afford to go to the theatre regularly and went to dinner at posh restaurants.

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After the trip, we all had dinner, and I asked Robyn whether she wanted to go sailing again.

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