Eating Alone

[Bunker]

Well luckily, my lunch table/area is the "center of attention"

Haha, you still eat lunch at school.

 

[Captain Planet!]

I don't mind. If I'm eating... my main purpose is to eat. But I have a big family, so I don't think I've ever eaten at a restaurant alone.

 

[bullets]

I think if you're reading something it looks less sad.

That is true , if it looks like your busy it almost gives you a good reason to be there.

 

[I Am The Knight]

That is true , if it looks like your busy it almost gives you a good reason to be there.

LOL

I hate eating alone. I feel less weird if there are other people eating alone, too.

I would never go to a restaurant by myself, BTW.

 

[FaT_tONle]

How do you feel about eating alone?

I see people in the cafeteria and I don't like eating alone there. I don't mind when I'm eating breakfast and there's hardly anyone there. But during lunch and dinner it feels weird.

I don't mind eating alone in a fastfood place like McDonald's or diner's or cafes. I wouldn't go to a restaurant alone though.

I do it all the time in a cafeteria setting... nobody cares... why would they? I certainly don't look down on people I see eating alone. I am almost 99.9 % sure nobody really gives a ****.

 

[Bubonic]

I've done this often, and although it can be awkward if you focus on it I chose not to give a ****.

I have even gone to fancy restaurants and ate on my own at times when I felt like treating myself, you'll get the occasional glance, might even have some idiots speculate about your situation... But what does it matter?

I never know any of the people and they aren't of any consequence to me.

When I went to the caf in my college and sat by myself I did feel a bit self-conscious. I would look over at groups of friends that have probably known each other all their lives and I'd get a bit bitter I suppose, but never bothered hoping beside random people and making friends so it was my own fault.

 

[Prison Mike]

In college, if I have no one to eat with, then I just take the food back to my apartment or do take out. I'd rather eat alone in my room than eat alone in a crowded cafeteria.

About the movie thing, I don't prefer to watch it alone but I have done so before. Usually people are so engrossed with themselves that they don't notice other people watching alone. I went to the movies the other week with my brother and I saw a guy watching it alone. But I didn't find him odd.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Going to the movies alone I can do no problem. Eating, not so much.

 

[November Rain]

I quite enjoy eating alone, food is a necessity, it shouldnt be seen as a social event.

it's very much different from going out for a drink.

I'd much rather eat in silence than drag someoen along and talk rubbish for 90 minutes.

 

[Bubonic]

I missed the movie part of this, anyways I have often gone to movies alone.
It's nice and dark, you have a better chance of scoring a good seat, and there isn't the potential problem of sitting next to an idiot who has to share his opinion at each scene or ask questions.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I used to go to the movies by myself sometimes. Nowadays I can't really get myself to do it, unless I really want to watch a movie and there's no one to go with at the moment. Otherwise, nah...I've done it only one time this year, on my 5th (Or was it 6th) TDK viewing.

 

[tzarinna]

Who cares? I eat alone sometimes, since I travel alot for work, and I don't want to eat fast food or some ****. Confidence, is eating alone and not giving a **** what others think.

I pretty much agree with this. People really need to get over giving a **** about what other people think.

 

[BlackLantern]

You can do things by yourself...it's ok....no one is laughing or pointing or looking at you

 

[DDS]

I hate sitting alone at school and choose not to, but if I'm home I don't care.

 

[Manic]

At my job, they pretty much conspire to make sure most of our lunch breaks don't coincide (the beauty of retail). I'm pretty used to eating alone. So much so, in fact, that I've started bringing comics and novels to read during my lunch breaks.

Whenever I go to a restaurant alone, I tend to eat at the bar.

 

[Addendum]

It's never bugged me that when I want to eat at a restaurant that I'm by myself. I only have to buy one meal and drink and I can actually enjoy the meal without having to act interested in meaningless drivel with someone just so I can get in their pants.

 

[terry78]

Who the **** can't go to a movie by themselves? You're not a true film fan if you need a clique to go watch a good flick. Hell, I usually have to go to a movie twice because the first time I got friends that want to go and I can't focus.

 

[Movies205]

How do you feel about eating alone?

I see people in the cafeteria and I don't like eating alone there. I don't mind when I'm eating breakfast and there's hardly anyone there. But during lunch and dinner it feels weird.

I don't mind eating alone in a fastfood place like McDonald's or diner's or cafes. I wouldn't go to a restaurant alone though.

Personally, I've always enjoyed eating alone it gives me time to think as well as to just take in the atmosphere around me. I am a college student, living in a house with 3 other guys along with whoever else comes to hang out nearly every night so it nice to have some time to just relax and just think I mean I really doubt someone staring at me thinking "Whoa, that kid is eating alone, LAME!"

 

[Booznian]

I'm a Junior in high school and I can go out for lunch, but when I stay in the cafe some days to do homework I sit with my friends that can't go out. I always see a few loners and feel bad, but I don't do anything about it. I don't know how to approach them. It's more of a social thing.

 

[knowsbleed]

I can't stand having sex alone... its really gets me down...


*ba dum bum craysh*

 

[MattBearPig]

People eat alone all the time at my school. Hardly anyone's schedule is in sync with someone else's so it's kind of hard to grab a friend or two and sit down for lunch. Most people sit down with their food and play around on their laptop or listen to music.

 

[SLVRSR4]

Threads on the hype are getting increasingly more depressing. Not the fact about eating alone, but the fact someone should gauge how depressed they are because they're alone. I saw a waitress take away the plates of a woman she thought had left, and the woman in her fifties began crying saying she was invisible. That's what this thread reminded me of.

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

If I don't have any family members like my parents or nephew eating with me I usually do eat alone, though I really long for a decent, loving man I can cook for. I love cooking food from scratch and nothing would make me happier than to give the man I love a nice home cooked meal. Eating out or nuking frozen dinners all the time can get so dull.

 

[Sensi]

I don't want to eat alone in a restaurant.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I believe this thread is my most successful one that I have posted in Community that wasn't about some article. I even have a spin-off thread http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=312381

Anyway, I had a lovely breakfast this morning by myself in the cafeteria. I didn't mind it because it was quiet and sat in an area where not many people were. My school's cafeteria has some tall tables and chairs which I sat in. Makes me feel more confident.