Is Staying in the New Going Out? (mobile.nytimes.com)

This is pretty light even for editorial fare. Are there actual statistics stating that people stay in more now? I was under the impression that dining out in particular was at an all time high.

Sometimes my significant other and I go out, sometimes we stay in! It's almost like we do different things depending on our moods, schedules, and the weather outside...

No, you just got old.

This has been another edition of Simple Answers to Stupid Questions™.

In other news, Molly Young, writer for the New York Times, was sad to discover that she's getting old, and so are the people she knows.

Suggested headline: Molly Young Feeling Old

In the 90's the big thing was "cocooning" which meant staying at home. Some fake trends never die.