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nico-t · 11-11-2008, 06:52 AM

apart from eating alone in restaurants, the no smoking law made it virtually impossible for me to enjoy eating out. Relaxing after the main course with a beer and a smoke - it's all gone. Hate it.

StuartD · 11-11-2008, 06:57 AM

Brave enough?? Who put the thought into your head that you should be too cowardly to do it?

Vick! · 11-11-2008, 07:03 AM

Whats wrong with this? I do this all the time. I love to spend time with myself, so I often go on long drives and eat in restaurants alone. Some of my friends, and friends of my younger bro find it weird, but I don't care. Time spent with your own self is the best time.

fuzebox · 11-11-2008, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

I also find the poll problematic as it requires zero bit of bravery so there is no proper answer.

I suppose the only way the poll works in anyone's mind is if they are either neurotic or way to concerned with what other people think, especially people they do not know, will not know, nor more than likely ever meet again.

You're talking about bausch, GFY's own self loathing basket case. I've never seen the guy post anything other than how depressed he is. In fact that's the only thing I know about him.

spunkmister · 11-11-2008, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox

You're talking about bausch, GFY's own self loathing basket case. I've never seen the guy post anything other than how depressed he is. In fact that's the only thing I know about him.

Im pretty sure its a chick...never known a guy to be that neurotic.

Ive eaten at very nice places by myself, even gone to movies by myself...if you spend your days worrying about how it looks to a bunch of people you will never see again then you got other issues to worry about.

Zuzana Designs · 11-11-2008, 07:21 AM

Yes I do it all the time ... I like to just chill and relax..

Scott McD · 11-11-2008, 07:55 AM

I've done it before, and yes i would do it again...

uno · 11-11-2008, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Yes I would and have. I also find the poll problematic as it requires zero bit of bravery so there is no proper answer.

I suppose the only way the poll works in anyone's mind is if they are either neurotic or way to concerned with what other people think, especially people they do not know, will not know, nor more than likely ever meet again. Plus who the fuck would laugh at someone for real if they showed up alone to eat? Particularly if it is a nice place and not a chain as suggested.

I love you.

uno · 11-11-2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by bausch

I've been browsing forums where people discuss eating alone and a lot of posters say they don't mind eating in a casual place but they would feel self-conscious in a fancy place because that's usually for couples or people to come in groups etc. A lone diner would stand out more in a fancy restaurant vs a casual chain restaurant...

My question was if one would have the guts to eat in a fancy restaurant alone because it would cause more self-consciousness.

Which personality disorder forums do you frequent?

Funbrunette · 11-11-2008, 08:14 AM

ABSOLUTELY! I'm leaving Thursday for Cuba alone for a week! It's better to be alone than in bad company

Besides I make friends very easily!

Barefootsies · 11-11-2008, 08:38 AM

I go places all the time by myself, and a lot of times prefer it.

Nothing ruins my trips to furniture or electronics buying like some nagging woman in my ear.

Dinner is the same. I eat where I want, when I want. That is the freedom of life. I do not give a fuck what others think about me. As someone else mentioned above...

Someone I have never met.
Will probably never see again.
Do not give a flying fuck about..

Who cares what they think?

If you worry about what others think of you, then you are in the wrong industry to begin with.

quiet · 11-11-2008, 08:59 AM

i've never gone to a movie by myself... but i've certainly eaten at very nice places alone. though it's true that i'm usually traveling when this happens. and if i'm alone, it's also true that i'm either reading the paper, or on wifi. i get bored easily

Tickler · 11-11-2008, 09:11 AM

I've spent most of my life(last 20 yrs. totally) travelling, living in hotels doing systems consulting work.

I like nice food(chateaubriand, etc), nice wines, and eat in high-end places all the time. I also like people watching, and I flirt like mad.

I even convinced one 5* place to change their menus, because a lot of their nicer stuff was for "2". They were attached to a business hotel with about 3000 rooms, mostly with single travelers.

Lykos · 11-11-2008, 09:40 AM

Why not,i eat so many times alone,its kinda normal now,lol

MaDalton · 11-11-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by d-null

I'd do it but a book/newspaper is a necessity.

I probably wouldn't choose a high society type restaurant if I'm by myself though

i second this

i can't sit anywhere without having something to read or so

Vicious_B · 11-11-2008, 09:59 AM

I used to do it all the time but I always have a book or a magazine with me. Not because of "needing" the distraction its just something that I really enjoy doing. I read while eating whenever I am by myself whether out or at home.

Antonio · 11-11-2008, 09:59 AM

lunchtime - no problem, many office people do it

tony286 · 11-11-2008, 10:08 AM

running into a burning building to save someone takes bravery. Eating alone just takes not focusing on yourself.

rhizome · 11-11-2008, 11:08 AM

I wonder where all you single diners are because I have NEVER seen someone eat alone in a 4 or 5 diamond restaurant in the dining area. Most single diners will sit at the bar. Why? Beacuse it's fuckin' awkward to dine alone and part of the experience of a nice restaurant is enjoying it with someone else.

Jman · 11-11-2008, 11:19 AM

I live on a street in Montreal where's it's only nice restaurants. I eat out once in a while by myself, depending on the daily specials ;-)

Grapesoda · 11-11-2008, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bausch

Not a fast food place and not a casual chain restaurant like Outback Steakhouse or Applebees but a decent real restaurant, perhaps even a nice restaurant, without bringing a book/newspaper or talking/fidgeting with a cell phone the whole time... but just being completely alone...

And not because you are forced to because you are travelling, etc but doing it because you WANT to... Are you brave enough to do it?

been considering ruth chris in just that circumstance..

rhizome · 11-11-2008, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bm bradley

been considering ruth chris in just that circumstance..

Ruth Chris isn't a nice restaurant; it's a chain for fat tards who think they're too good for Red Lobster.

Barefootsies · 11-11-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by rhizome

Ruth Chris isn't a nice restaurant; it's a chain for fat tards who think they're too good for Red Lobster.

Barefootsies · 11-11-2008, 11:55 AM

Um, wow.

There are a lot of people in this thread who think there are some kinda society 'rules' we are too follow, or so worried about what complete strangers think of you and your 1 hour in some restaurant that you let it dictate your actions, habits, and choices.

Worrying about what you think, they are thinking, and feeling for some long stranger in some place for an hour, and blah blah blah. Yet some of you peddle porn.

I can only imagine the kind of neurotic creeper you are in your daily life...

Spunky · 11-11-2008, 11:58 AM

Sure,I don't see a problem with it

GetSCORECash · 11-11-2008, 12:05 PM

I don't have a problem with eating alone, but I prefer to eat with someone, specially when I go to nice restaurant.

CDSmith · 11-11-2008, 12:06 PM

Some people really have a major hangup about eating alone. This one nurse I once worked with years ago thought it was absolutely sad and pathetic that anyone should eat alone. Seeing a movie at a theatre alone? Forget it. To her it was just weird. Even heading outside of work on a nice day and eating lunch alone on the lawn freaked her out. And there was no reasoning with her either. If you ate alone she felt sorry for you and couldn't fathom why people do it.

Bausch reminds me of that nurse.

Barefootsies · 11-11-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

Some people really have a major hangup about eating alone. This one nurse I once worked with years ago thought it was absolutely sad and pathetic that anyone should eat alone. Seeing a movie at a theatre alone? Forget it. To her it was just weird. Even heading outside of work on a nice day and eating lunch alone on the lawn freaked her out. And there was no reasoning with her either. If you ate alone she felt sorry for you and couldn't fathom why people do it.

I feel sorry for the creepers who think like the nurse. They are dependent on others for happiness.

dav3 · 11-11-2008, 12:57 PM

When you think about it, people being concerned with what others think is the downfall to American society. All the way from, people buying 20" rims for their '88 caprice classic, to corporations stuffing the books to impress shareholders.

Unshackle your mind!

Barefootsies · 11-11-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dav3

Unshackle your mind!

polish_aristocrat · 11-11-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by uno

Which personality disorder forums do you frequent?

perhaps this one

http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/...t-alone-38039/

some VERY interesting posts there...

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I tried to eat alone at a Waffle House once. I had a book with me but this guy came and sat down wanting to talk. Of course I freaked out and have not tried it since. I wish I could eat lunch alone; I currently just drive around aimlessly for an hour. Even that is better than staying at the office where I would get no break at all.
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I did my first 'eating alone in a restaurant' experiment in 2003. It was early summer in the evening, and I went into a busy pizza place in Essex, England. I ordered a La Reine pizza. No one was looking at me. People were chatting happily about their own lives. The waitress came over, took my order and left. I continued looking around. No one looked back apart from the occasional 'drive by eye contact' which I didn't allow myself to read anything into. Nothing happened. No one threw forks at me with a napkin scrawled with the words "GET OUT LONER FREAK" threaded between the prongs. The waitress brought dessert. Then the bill.

My predictions that people would look at me and talk quietly about me, laugh at me, that the waitress would say "why are you alone" and that I would spill my food everywhere all proved unfounded. I paid and then left, feeling as though I had just conquered the world.

Nicky · 11-11-2008, 02:33 PM

I have no problem with that.

Trixie · 11-11-2008, 03:47 PM

I seriously think there's major discrimination against people who enjoy solitude. Think about it; the majority of people judge those of us who enjoy activities alone as though we're deviants. If you enjoy sex alone, you're a deviant. If you enjoy eating out or going to movies alone, you're "missing the whole point!" Society tells us that being alone is unhealthy. The message is that healthy people prefer to be with other people all the time except when they go poop!

This is part of the bullshit that makes the porn industry such a maligned business: because we can't believe it's healthy for someone to enjoy solo sex. It's a totally fucked up attitude.

I totally resent the assumption that spending time with people is more pleasurable and comfortable than spending time alone and that anyone who doesn't think so is somehow broken. Stupid people and their stupid codependent bullshit.

alexchechs · 11-11-2008, 04:02 PM

I have gone to eat sushi at some nice places alone because I just wanted to enjoy the meal myself...

d-null · 11-11-2008, 04:06 PM

good points Trixie, it is almost like the people that have gotten sucked in to the slavery and no freedom of marriage and kids resent and want to impose restrictions (even just in marginalizing them in thought) on those that are smart enough to stay free

I think it can happen in some cases that single people end up feeling bad and might get in a relationship due to the constant pressure from others in making it out to be strange or weird to want to stay single

Barefootsies · 11-11-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Trixie

I totally resent the assumption that spending time with people is more pleasurable and comfortable than spending time alone and that anyone who doesn't think so is somehow broken. Stupid people and their stupid codependent bullshit.

Completely agree.

It is one of the reasons I have no intention of ever getting married. I enjoy my down time. I enjoy being able to take a drive, get this, BECAUSE I FUCKING WANT TO, at 2 a.m.. Or countless other things where I do not have to give a reason why. I just want to.

When I have time to myself. My mood is consistent most of the time. I do not have to listen to, or conform to, others needs. Or play the whole conversation game.

I am secure in who I am. What I like. I do not need the acceptance of others to make me happy.

Trixie · 11-11-2008, 04:08 PM

Every time I see a guy eating sushi "alone", he is at the bar talking to the chef, showing off what he considers to be his superior sushi knowledge and willingness to try new things. Less like eating alone and more like getting a food "girlfriend experience".

dav3 · 11-11-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Trixie

I seriously think there's major discrimination against people who enjoy solitude. Think about it; the majority of people judge those of us who enjoy activities alone as though we're deviants. If you enjoy sex alone, you're a deviant. If you enjoy eating out or going to movies alone, you're "missing the whole point!" Society tells us that being alone is unhealthy. The message is that healthy people prefer to be with other people all the time except when they go poop!

This is part of the bullshit that makes the porn industry such a maligned business: because we can't believe it's healthy for someone to enjoy solo sex. It's a totally fucked up attitude.

I totally resent the assumption that spending time with people is more pleasurable and comfortable than spending time alone and that anyone who doesn't think so is somehow broken. Stupid people and their stupid codependent bullshit.

SabrinaStuart · 11-11-2008, 04:57 PM

I'm not scared of eating alone, I just simply wouldn't enjoy it by myself. If I want solitude I will get it to go or fix myself dinner at home. Seems completely screwy to praise solitude but go to a busy restaurant, unless you have such a busy household that it's the only place you can escape. In which case I can still think of better places.

I think often the people that come into restaurants alone are actually looking for company. But then again my only serving experience is Hooters, so I'm probably biased.

DefaultMan · 11-11-2008, 05:00 PM

I don't mind eating alone sometimes. It's good to get away from other people and just be inside your own head every once in a while. But it also helps that I grew up an only child so I know how to entertain myself.

PSSuperstars · 11-11-2008, 05:07 PM

I feel insecure when I do it, but it's actually been a "to-do" on my Life Coaching/Time Management list.

I never relax... and I'm always thinking about work... so my life coach wants me to set time aside during the week to do lunch by myself and a movie by myself.. (I'm a chick too, 24, bbw, so insecure).... and it's been hard.... because in my head everyone is thinking, "OMG look at the fat chick eating by herself..."

but honestly, short of young, teeny bopper cheerleader types giving me the "pity" look.. Honestly, no one with a brain really cares if you are at the movies or eating alone.

I usually do the expensive, oil man steak house here in Houston by myself at lunch here or there... The waiters/waitresses are uber nice. Sometimes the oilman assholes don't like a little BBW in Nike pants and t-shirt at their nice-ass steakhouse.. lol but oh well.

Grow a pair

czarina · 11-11-2008, 05:10 PM

with a book or a laptop, sure! Just by myself, no accoutrements... no way!

After Shock Media · 11-11-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SabrinaStuart

I'm not scared of eating alone, I just simply wouldn't enjoy it by myself. If I want solitude I will get it to go or fix myself dinner at home. Seems completely screwy to praise solitude but go to a busy restaurant, unless you have such a busy household that it's the only place you can escape. In which case I can still think of better places.

I think often the people that come into restaurants alone are actually looking for company. But then again my only serving experience is Hooters, so I'm probably biased.

For me I cook almost all of the time. When I go to a restaurant I am not going for company (with someone or solo). I am going to a restaurant so that I do not have to cook, I can be served, order what I want with no hassles (typically something that's a pain to make at home), and of course not have to clean up etc.

Then better of fine restaurants just typically have better food or at least foods that are a pain in the ass to make at home by taking up shitloads of time. Not to mention that odds are in my favor that the Nice french place is much less busy than say Olive garden or red lobster (which is often full of couples and families doing their version of fine dining). The little French place typically would have many more tables open and such - often just because of the price etc. and the waitresses and staff are typically happy to get as many as possible. Especially if you are OK with eating between 5 and 8pm.

Now after some thought I could see it as weird or awkward if you booked a table at a fine restaurant for just yourself and it was say valentines day or something. Then I do think you would be going out of your way to mess with society rules or whatever - not to mention just taking up space at some place.

Pornwolf · 11-11-2008, 06:23 PM

If you want to eat alone at a nice restaurant, and you aren't out of town, do it during breakfast or lunch.

Doing it during a busy dinner time at a Ruth Chris's or better restaurant does look pathetic. Not that you should care, but what's the friggin' point of even going there?

It's like pulling down your pants and scratching your ass in public, sure you could do it, but why?

Trixie · 11-11-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SabrinaStuart

I'm not scared of eating alone, I just simply wouldn't enjoy it by myself. If I want solitude I will get it to go or fix myself dinner at home. Seems completely screwy to praise solitude but go to a busy restaurant, unless you have such a busy household that it's the only place you can escape. In which case I can still think of better places.

I think often the people that come into restaurants alone are actually looking for company. But then again my only serving experience is Hooters, so I'm probably biased.

Eating food out of a box that's gotten cold on the way home is not the same as having it brought to you hot on a nice plate, and like aftershock said you go to a restaurant to be served, relax while someone ELSE does the cooking and cleanup, make food you don't have the skill to cook or time to shop for, etc.

Even in a busy restaurant the other people you aren't interacting with are just background noise or maybe something entertaining to eavesdrop on, stare at, etc. There is other ambiance you can't get at home or in a hotel room and it's nice just to get out of the house.

I get that a lot of people are more social than I am and I don't think they should enjoy something like eating alone just because I do; what I don't get are people who totally cannot fathom it being any other way.

StaceyJo · 11-11-2008, 06:34 PM

Yes, I could manage to eat alone.

Trixie · 11-11-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

I feel insecure when I do it, but it's actually been a "to-do" on my Life Coaching/Time Management list.

I never relax... and I'm always thinking about work... so my life coach wants me to set time aside during the week to do lunch by myself and a movie by myself.. (I'm a chick too, 24, bbw, so insecure).... and it's been hard.... because in my head everyone is thinking, "OMG look at the fat chick eating by herself..."

but honestly, short of young, teeny bopper cheerleader types giving me the "pity" look.. Honestly, no one with a brain really cares if you are at the movies or eating alone.

I usually do the expensive, oil man steak house here in Houston by myself at lunch here or there... The waiters/waitresses are uber nice. Sometimes the oilman assholes don't like a little BBW in Nike pants and t-shirt at their nice-ass steakhouse.. lol but oh well.

Grow a pair

Good luck and congratulations with that; I do think it's harder for women, and especially women society is in the nasty habit of judging superficially, to not feel like they're being judged and/or to not give a fuck even if they are. As this thread demonstrates, a lot of people *do* judge other people who eat alone so having additional factors like gender and weight to add to the "alone" thing probably makes it a lot harder than it would be for, say, a fat man. When people see men alone they assume they're away from home on business. When people see women alone they assume they have no one to keep them company. Men are supposed to work and get away from those pesky wimmin and all their jawin. while women are supposed to socialize, shop, raise kids, and attract life-long mates!

I want a coach too!

sub.eric · 11-11-2008, 06:38 PM

Why should I be nervous about that? It's silly.

bausch · 11-11-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pornwolf

If you want to eat alone at a nice restaurant, and you aren't out of town, do it during breakfast or lunch.

Doing it during a busy dinner time at a Ruth Chris's or better restaurant does look pathetic. Not that you should care, but what's the friggin' point of even going there?

It's like pulling down your pants and scratching your ass in public, sure you could do it, but why?

Some people are single and/or may not have any friends available to eat with... Should they be forced to eat McDonalds just because they don't have someone to go with?

bausch · 11-11-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Trixie

When people see women alone they assume they have no one to keep them company. Men are supposed to work and get away from those pesky wimmin and all their jawin. while women are supposed to socialize, shop, raise kids, and attract life-long mates!

I agree with this... It seems that there is a difference between how men and women dining alone are perceived.

View Poll Results: Are you brave enough to eat dinner in a nice restaurant all by yourself?
Yes I am brave!	73	75.26%
No, eating alone is weird. I am afraid I will look like a loser and people will laugh at me!	24	24.74%
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11-11-2008, 07:03 AM	#53
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11-11-2008, 07:55 AM	#57
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11-11-2008, 06:52 AM	#51
nico-t emperor of my world Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: nethalands Posts: 29,903	apart from eating alone in restaurants, the no smoking law made it virtually impossible for me to enjoy eating out. Relaxing after the main course with a beer and a smoke - it's all gone. Hate it.

11-11-2008, 08:14 AM	#60
Funbrunette Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 4,834	ABSOLUTELY! I'm leaving Thursday for Cuba alone for a week! It's better to be alone than in bad company Besides I make friends very easily! __________________ Stephanie (Funbrunette) [email protected] ICQ: 155-713-409

11-11-2008, 08:38 AM	#61
Barefootsies Choice is an Illusion Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Land of Obama Posts: 42,635	I go places all the time by myself, and a lot of times prefer it. Nothing ruins my trips to furniture or electronics buying like some nagging woman in my ear. Dinner is the same. I eat where I want, when I want. That is the freedom of life. I do not give a fuck what others think about me. As someone else mentioned above... Someone I have never met. Will probably never see again. Do not give a flying fuck about.. Who cares what they think? If you worry about what others think of you, then you are in the wrong industry to begin with. __________________ Should You Email Your Members? Link1 \| Link2 \| Link3 Enough Said. "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

11-11-2008, 08:59 AM	#62
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	i've never gone to a movie by myself... but i've certainly eaten at very nice places alone. though it's true that i'm usually traveling when this happens. and if i'm alone, it's also true that i'm either reading the paper, or on wifi. i get bored easily

11-11-2008, 09:11 AM	#63
Tickler Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 650	I've spent most of my life(last 20 yrs. totally) travelling, living in hotels doing systems consulting work. I like nice food(chateaubriand, etc), nice wines, and eat in high-end places all the time. I also like people watching, and I flirt like mad. I even convinced one 5* place to change their menus, because a lot of their nicer stuff was for "2". They were attached to a business hotel with about 3000 rooms, mostly with single travelers. __________________ Big Sister Live - Live sex club paid in Euros Why all the PSYCHIC ads in the papers, and on TV? Makes $$$s on the web @ Psychic Access

11-11-2008, 09:40 AM	#64
Lykos Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: World Posts: 31,027	Why not,i eat so many times alone,its kinda normal now,lol __________________

11-11-2008, 09:59 AM	#66
Vicious_B Confirmed User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,564	I used to do it all the time but I always have a book or a magazine with me. Not because of "needing" the distraction its just something that I really enjoy doing. I read while eating whenever I am by myself whether out or at home. __________________ ICQ# 419 775 271

11-11-2008, 09:59 AM	#67
Antonio Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spartaaaaaaaaa Posts: 14,136	lunchtime - no problem, many office people do it

11-11-2008, 10:08 AM	#68
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	running into a burning building to save someone takes bravery. Eating alone just takes not focusing on yourself.

11-11-2008, 11:08 AM	#69
rhizome Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 788	I wonder where all you single diners are because I have NEVER seen someone eat alone in a 4 or 5 diamond restaurant in the dining area. Most single diners will sit at the bar. Why? Beacuse it's fuckin' awkward to dine alone and part of the experience of a nice restaurant is enjoying it with someone else.

11-11-2008, 11:19 AM	#70
Jman Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canuckstikan Posts: 22,761	I live on a street in Montreal where's it's only nice restaurants. I eat out once in a while by myself, depending on the daily specials ;-) __________________ email: [email protected] Best AI Affiliate Program We also do WL at $0.00 upfront costs FantasyXXX.AI Teams: jean.francois.laverdiere TG: @jman1216

11-11-2008, 11:55 AM	#74
Barefootsies Choice is an Illusion Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Land of Obama Posts: 42,635	Um, wow. There are a lot of people in this thread who think there are some kinda society 'rules' we are too follow, or so worried about what complete strangers think of you and your 1 hour in some restaurant that you let it dictate your actions, habits, and choices. Worrying about what you think, they are thinking, and feeling for some long stranger in some place for an hour, and blah blah blah. Yet some of you peddle porn. I can only imagine the kind of neurotic creeper you are in your daily life... __________________ Should You Email Your Members? Link1 \| Link2 \| Link3 Enough Said. "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

11-11-2008, 11:58 AM	#75
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11-11-2008, 12:05 PM	#76
GetSCORECash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 5,527	I don't have a problem with eating alone, but I prefer to eat with someone, specially when I go to nice restaurant. __________________ \| skype: getscorecash \| ICQ: 59-271-063 \| New Sites: \| SCORELAND2 \| Roku Channel SCORETV.TV \| 60PLUSMILFS \| \| Big Tit Hooker \| Tits And Tugs \| Big Boobs POV \| Karla James \| \| Naughty Foot Jobs \| Linsey's World \| Busty Arianna Sinn \| Get SCORE Cash \|

11-11-2008, 12:06 PM	#77
CDSmith Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: My network is hosted at TECHIEMEDIA.net ...Wait, you meant where am I located at? Oh... okay, I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Oops. :) Posts: 51,460	Some people really have a major hangup about eating alone. This one nurse I once worked with years ago thought it was absolutely sad and pathetic that anyone should eat alone. Seeing a movie at a theatre alone? Forget it. To her it was just weird. Even heading outside of work on a nice day and eating lunch alone on the lawn freaked her out. And there was no reasoning with her either. If you ate alone she felt sorry for you and couldn't fathom why people do it. Bausch reminds me of that nurse. __________________ *Promote Wildmatch, ImLive, Sexier.com, and more!!* ALWAYS THE HIGHEST PAYOUTS: Big Bux/ImLive SIGNUP ON NOW!!! Put some PUSSYCA$H in your pocket. ICQ me at: 31024634

11-11-2008, 12:57 PM	#79
dav3 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,348	When you think about it, people being concerned with what others think is the downfall to American society. All the way from, people buying 20" rims for their '88 caprice classic, to corporations stuffing the books to impress shareholders. Unshackle your mind! __________________ Webmasters :: Juicy Ads :: ACWM :: Crak Revenue :: Money Tree

11-11-2008, 02:33 PM	#82
Nicky Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 30,069	I have no problem with that. __________________ gfynicky @ gmail.com

11-11-2008, 03:47 PM	#83
Trixie Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: near Seattle, WA Posts: 1,850	I seriously think there's major discrimination against people who enjoy solitude. Think about it; the majority of people judge those of us who enjoy activities alone as though we're deviants. If you enjoy sex alone, you're a deviant. If you enjoy eating out or going to movies alone, you're "missing the whole point!" Society tells us that being alone is unhealthy. The message is that healthy people prefer to be with other people all the time except when they go poop! This is part of the bullshit that makes the porn industry such a maligned business: because we can't believe it's healthy for someone to enjoy solo sex. It's a totally fucked up attitude. I totally resent the assumption that spending time with people is more pleasurable and comfortable than spending time alone and that anyone who doesn't think so is somehow broken. Stupid people and their stupid codependent bullshit. __________________ WebWhoreBucks: Girls, a guy and a tranny -- unique indie porn!

11-11-2008, 04:02 PM	#84
alexchechs Confirmed User Join Date: May 2008 Location: BROOKLYN!!! Posts: 3,474	I have gone to eat sushi at some nice places alone because I just wanted to enjoy the meal myself... __________________ Alex Chechs http://thefawnconspiracy.com

11-11-2008, 04:06 PM	#85
d-null . . . Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 13,724	good points Trixie, it is almost like the people that have gotten sucked in to the slavery and no freedom of marriage and kids resent and want to impose restrictions (even just in marginalizing them in thought) on those that are smart enough to stay free I think it can happen in some cases that single people end up feeling bad and might get in a relationship due to the constant pressure from others in making it out to be strange or weird to want to stay single __________________ __________________ Looking for a custom TUBE SCRIPT that supports massive traffic, load balancing, billing support, and h264 encoding? Hit up Konrad! Looking for designs for your websites or custom tubesite design? Hit up Zuzana Designs Check out the #1 WordPress SEO Plugin: CyberSEO Suite

11-11-2008, 04:08 PM	#87
Trixie Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: near Seattle, WA Posts: 1,850	Every time I see a guy eating sushi "alone", he is at the bar talking to the chef, showing off what he considers to be his superior sushi knowledge and willingness to try new things. Less like eating alone and more like getting a food "girlfriend experience". __________________ WebWhoreBucks: Girls, a guy and a tranny -- unique indie porn!

11-11-2008, 04:57 PM	#89
SabrinaStuart modelsplugin.com Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: modelsplugin.com Posts: 123	I'm not scared of eating alone, I just simply wouldn't enjoy it by myself. If I want solitude I will get it to go or fix myself dinner at home. Seems completely screwy to praise solitude but go to a busy restaurant, unless you have such a busy household that it's the only place you can escape. In which case I can still think of better places. I think often the people that come into restaurants alone are actually looking for company. But then again my only serving experience is Hooters, so I'm probably biased. __________________ Sabrina Stuart ICQ 473700361 [email protected]

11-11-2008, 05:00 PM	#90
DefaultMan Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hell.A. Posts: 1,869	I don't mind eating alone sometimes. It's good to get away from other people and just be inside your own head every once in a while. But it also helps that I grew up an only child so I know how to entertain myself. __________________ mypornolife [at] gmail [dot] com

11-11-2008, 05:07 PM	#91
PSSuperstars Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,477	I feel insecure when I do it, but it's actually been a "to-do" on my Life Coaching/Time Management list. I never relax... and I'm always thinking about work... so my life coach wants me to set time aside during the week to do lunch by myself and a movie by myself.. (I'm a chick too, 24, bbw, so insecure).... and it's been hard.... because in my head everyone is thinking, "OMG look at the fat chick eating by herself..." but honestly, short of young, teeny bopper cheerleader types giving me the "pity" look.. Honestly, no one with a brain really cares if you are at the movies or eating alone. I usually do the expensive, oil man steak house here in Houston by myself at lunch here or there... The waiters/waitresses are uber nice. Sometimes the oilman assholes don't like a little BBW in Nike pants and t-shirt at their nice-ass steakhouse.. lol but oh well. Grow a pair __________________ Porn's Best Kept Secret : PSOCash.com : Make Money Promoting Phone Sex in Members Areas, TGPs, and MORE! : Lifetime 30% Payout *Best Webcam Referral Payouts*

11-11-2008, 05:10 PM	#92
czarina Webmaster Extraordinaire Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A beautiful beach... Posts: 10,748	with a book or a laptop, sure! Just by myself, no accoutrements... no way!

11-11-2008, 06:23 PM	#94
Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	If you want to eat alone at a nice restaurant, and you aren't out of town, do it during breakfast or lunch. Doing it during a busy dinner time at a Ruth Chris's or better restaurant does look pathetic. Not that you should care, but what's the friggin' point of even going there? It's like pulling down your pants and scratching your ass in public, sure you could do it, but why? __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

11-11-2008, 06:34 PM	#96
StaceyJo Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,960	Yes, I could manage to eat alone. __________________ /_______ WebCashMaker ______\ \| _TeenageDecadence - Young Board Naked Teens. \| \| ____ NonNudeGirls - Female Puberty Photos. ____ \| \| _ HerSelfPics - The ORIGINAL exGF SelfPic site. __ \| \.______ xPosing - Wife Photosharing site. _______./

11-11-2008, 06:38 PM	#98
sub.eric Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Madison TN, USA Posts: 131	Why should I be nervous about that? It's silly.