So depressing

8/29/2011 11:07:48 PM

don't you dare pity me


[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:10 PM. Reason : i eat a bloomin onion and a 12 oz filet every single day for lunch at Outback. now whose life sucks]

8/29/2011 11:08:30 PM

My roommate does this, likes the solidarity I suppose.

That or he values the alone-time to build upon his destructive plans.

8/29/2011 11:09:37 PM

8/29/2011 11:10:02 PM

Kirk Van Houten sees nothing wrong with this

8/29/2011 11:12:57 PM

I eat alone at restaurants so what

8/29/2011 11:13:14 PM

I'm not talking about the working man lunch or the traveling businessman's dinner or the people that choose to eat alone from time to time


I'm talking about






[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:14 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2011 11:13:29 PM

I would be more likely to pity someone eating alone at a sit down restaurant than at a fast food place, but either way it's not a big fucking deal.

you've got your shit backwards... a ClassicMixup some might say

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:16 PM. Reason : ...]

8/29/2011 11:15:03 PM

I don't see the distinction you are trying to make

8/29/2011 11:15:06 PM

pretty sure this is more of a reflection of your own fear of being alone

8/29/2011 11:15:24 PM

Maybe his wife is a bitch and he wanted to get out of the house for some solitude.

8/29/2011 11:15:31 PM

Sit at the bar. I do it all the time.

Just don't let the other patrons have the satisfaction of seeing you cry.

8/29/2011 11:17:17 PM

I think it is pretty attractive to see a female content with eating by herself in a restaurant. Makes me want to go hang out with her. Women these days don't like to go to the bathroom alone, let alone go out to eat alone

8/29/2011 11:19:01 PM

it's way sadder to see parties of two at a KFC. like two people who are dating that went to KFC for dinner. or even worse a family having a sit down meal at KFC. that shit is sad.

8/29/2011 11:20:56 PM

I go to eat alone sometimes... I want to go to dinner by myself sometime soon just to get over my anxiety with it but I have progressed to eating lunch alone so I feel pretty accomplished



and sometimes it isn't by choice.



sike, I DID eat dinner by myself recently! some people stared :\

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:23 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2011 11:22:33 PM

+1 for any girl who feels comfortable eating alone no matter who is watching. Confidence is attractive

8/29/2011 11:28:33 PM

Fuck the haters I just stare back, occasionally lick my fingers, and rub my nipples if they keep staring.

8/29/2011 11:31:01 PM

I think it was the excitement over ladies night at the place in question that gave me courage

ladies night = cheaper wine

8/29/2011 11:31:51 PM

Quote :

"pretty sure this is more of a reflection of your own fear of being alone"

8/29/2011 11:32:24 PM

I'm not afraid of being alone. I just don't want to be. I enjoy people's company. I get my alone time sitting in traffic and while I'm crapping. Guess eating has always been something that was meant to be a shared experience (like going to a movie). I want to share in the good food or movie. Make sense?



Also, I'll come break bread steak with you qntmkenneth. Hold the bloomin onion though

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2011 11:35:33 PM

Why does a movie have to be a shared experience?


I've done that before, too... Finding Nemo, bitches

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:37 PM. Reason : and I'm tempted to go sometime this week to see a movie]

8/29/2011 11:36:39 PM

I absolutely relish going to movies alone
I sit behind the handy-abled bar with my feet up

I don't mind eating alone, I just don't like eating in front of other people particularly and I get completely freaked out if I'm the only one still eating. This often prevents me from eating out somewhere alone.

8/29/2011 11:37:46 PM

I like discussing previews and movies as soon as I see them. Guess I think the discussion is that much better when I have people to share it with

8/29/2011 11:38:11 PM

^2 I think that's what makes me anxious at first, too... knowing others might be watching me eat - don't like that feeling

as for movies, it's not like you're talking during them (at least you better not be or at least not a lot), so what's wrong with going alone?


^ call someone

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:40 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2011 11:39:35 PM

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it Ms. Gamgee. I was just stating my preferences Though if I was in Alabamer I'd go see a movie with you tomorrow

8/29/2011 11:41:54 PM

Yeah nothing irritates me more than talking during a movie. Especially a horror movie, I get royally pissed.
Which is why I usually sit up front.
The fuckers talking are usually in the back

8/29/2011 11:43:27 PM

i occasionally hit up wendy's or chik fil a during lunch alone....i dont see the problem here

i've been in a relationship for over six and a half years and also will hit up a fast food joint for dinner occasionally alone.....maybe i look pathetic but never really felt it

8/29/2011 11:45:10 PM

^^we need a thread dedicated to ranting about people talking or on their phones during movies

I'll be that guy that can't concentrate when people are yapping or flipping through their texts and will tell the person to put it up and shut up. This usually ends up making a bigger fuss out of the whole thing but I absolutely can't stand people that come to a movie and the don't watch it One of the only things that will make me flip my shit.


Wish 'murica would catch on to the whole you don't get up during a movie deal like some European countries where you'd be told to stay out.



^my pic was referring to old people looking sad while eating alone, not fast food dining. My google image search skills are lacking tonight and I couldn't find a good representation of a sit down meal of loneliness.

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 11:48 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2011 11:47:20 PM

i love shopping alone. i dont mind seeing a movie or eating alone. and i certainly don't like having company in the bathroom. i hate when people talk to me while I pee.

i don't see what the big deal is.

8/29/2011 11:47:52 PM

Quote :

"I get my alone time sitting in traffic and while I'm crapping. Guess eating has always been something that was meant to be a shared experience"

Get fast food and eat while you drive, or just eat while you crap.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

8/29/2011 11:49:56 PM

i eat alone, because i live in the middle of fucking nowhere and have no friends

8/29/2011 11:55:52 PM

I never gave it any thought as to eating dinner alone until now. I usually use that special "me" time to get in a quick fap.

8/29/2011 11:57:22 PM

i see movies alone all the time. i might see one tonight actually, if anything's out.

8/30/2011 12:00:42 AM

^^ That always freaks out the other people in the restaurant when I try it.

8/30/2011 12:00:45 AM

8/30/2011 12:06:52 AM

my friend will answer his phone during a movie and talk

not even say "let me call you back"



anywho.. I have a new goal. I think I will go eat dinner by myself this week then watch a movie alone next week

8/30/2011 12:08:41 AM

stick it to me

8/30/2011 12:11:00 AM

^^ Just say "dude."


Kind of reminds me of a two girls in front of my friend and I watching star trek. We made a comment to each other and she turned around and bitched at us, which to do so required her to set her cell phone down and stop texting with her bright fucking LCD screen on max...

8/30/2011 12:13:28 AM

I like to eat by myself all the time. Not depressing at all. Sometimes, the quiet is the best thing in the world.

8/30/2011 12:16:59 AM

Extrovert vs introvert itt.

Extroverts need to talk to someone all the time or they cry like little girls.

[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 12:17 AM. Reason : .]

8/30/2011 12:17:08 AM

^ not true


I'm an extrovert and even I need quiet time.. if I really want to talk and I'm lonely, I just talk to my dog


YEAH I SAID IT

8/30/2011 12:17:42 AM

A Army Party of One.



[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 12:23 AM. Reason : .]

8/30/2011 12:21:37 AM

Quote :

"even worse a family having a sit down meal at KFC. that shit is sad."

Why?

A family having a sit down meal anywhere is a good thing these days.

They're lucky, even if the best they can do is KFC.

8/30/2011 12:24:15 AM

I used to be afraid of this, but after eating alone on the road for work so much at sit down restaruants I've begun to actually enjoy it quite a bit.

I'm krallum and I approved this message

8/30/2011 12:29:34 AM

Quote :

"Extrovert vs introvert itt."

I'm a total introvert. I occasionally disappear for a few days of solo camping, hiking, beach fishing, or whatever on zero notice because I get fed up with shit and have to do it to save my sanity. Still, I feel weird eating out alone. I got semi-comfortable eating at fast food restaurants solo when I had a delivery job back in the day, but anything more than something like lunch at Noodles & Co. just doesn't work.

[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 1:18 AM. Reason : l]

8/30/2011 1:18:02 AM

Quote :

"Sit at the bar. I do it all the time."

8/30/2011 8:52:32 AM

I think it depends on the restaurant. I don't really think anything of someone sitting alone at Bojangles or Coopers. But if you're alone at Kanki or Second Empire I shed a little for you.

8/30/2011 8:54:15 AM

I eat lunch alone pretty much every weekday. Sometimes it's nice to have the quiet, plus I always bring a book to work with me so I read while eating.

If it was somewhere fancy I would feel a little odd though. The few times I've traveled for work, I usually sit at the bar while eating dinner, as being a party of one in a sit-down restaurant does feel strange.

8/30/2011 9:04:23 AM

some people are meant to be alone

8/30/2011 9:08:15 AM

The funny thing about this is that the only people that think it's awkward to eat by yourself, are people that are extremely insecure and socially inept.

8/30/2011 9:09:28 AM