At Halloween, as I was out to dinner with a group of friends, this girl took a table across the way from us. She sat down by herself. She ordered a glass of wine and a bottle of Pellegrino. She then pulled out a book and proceeded to sip her beverages and read. When her food came, she slowly ate and read and ate and sipped her drinks and ate and read some more. As I sat there observing her and her casual night out, I was in admiration.
I hate eating out alone. I remember when I first moved out here I tried it a couple times. I took a book, went down to Old Town and tried it. I was bad at it. I held onto my soda and drank it like my life depended on it. I pretended to read, but really I thought about how alone I was and wondered what the people around me thought about me being there alone. I am sure they didn't even notice me. I ate quickly, paid my check and was out of there as fast as I could.
So I swore off it for good. Now if I have to, I eat at the bar and then pretend that whatever sports game is on is the most interesting show on tv. So here's a shout out to you, brave girl who eats alone with pride, you keep on doing what you're doing.
3 comments:
I am with you on that! I don't like being alone in public, specifically restaurants. I was so excited the day that I finally realized that I wasn't alone anymore after I had my first baby. I would take her with me everywhere so I wouldn't be alone.
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haha...I can't believe you took a picture of her! That's the funniest thing about this post. Perhaps its the having kids, but I would love to eat dinner by myself maybe once a year-other than that I don't think time would permit me going out alone. Even alone with the husband would be a good thing!
Some people like their solitude Cam. I'd rather have good food and a good book than have a good/okay tv program and crispix!
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