The last thing that I learnt enjoying about being single was to eat alone, all by myself, especially the dinners. Having said that, I also have indicated how bothersome can it be or how impossible it might sound to EAT OUT ALONE.
In your home’s privacy, in front of the TV, computer or talking to someone on the phone, eating becomes just a mechanical act and before you realize you had a meal, you are done eating. Your hunger can inspire you to cook or order at home but what can motivate someone to go out and treat themselves to their favorite restaurant in the city? Only if one is tired of cooking, bored of the same kind of food, or even feeling very hungry and not having enough time to cook, one might consider it as the last most dreaded option.
The thing that now motivates me to eat out alone is eating alone at home . I can see people eating at nearby tables and it feels like a community. Have you ever noticed, how a table for one sounds? It sounds pretty normal but many times when ever I have done that, I have gotten a corner table or a very small table facing the restrooms or in some not-so-good looking place. Is there any chance of great view from the window? No way! At a restaurant in
There is one contrasting example though. There is a fabulous vegetarian south Indian restaurant with a difference in
I have always liked challenging myself. The journey from a person who would avoid eating alone or eating out alone to a person exploring different places is a full of mixed experiences. There was a brief period of bewilderment as where ever I went I felt a subtle discrimination. But that is when I started exploring more and I thought, one shall never generalize their opinions because the world is full of surprises.
What are your thoughts and experiences about eating out alone? Feel free to share.
Sweet G:)….I love your story about Toronto..how thoughtful to give you the best comfort in total customer satisfaction…My story about going out to eat alone is probably not as much a story but much more of a doing….
Whenever I get a chance to get out of the house as it is more often than any as my house is total chaos with my daughter's studying to be a teacher and my wife being a traditional Italian woman who looks over my daughter with her control, one has to leave chaos to seek order and that be me….But when I go out to eat in a diner or coffee shop, Friendly's or even Mickey D's I just sit and ponder and capture the moment of Oneness I am in as there is nowhere else to be but Now here..I use to bring a" find a word" book with me and do about 4 pages before I would get up and leave to go to another journey say a pond or Albany International Airport or even a park. I also bring my MP3 player and listen to either some Holosync brain entrainment sounds or get heavy with RUSH or Jethro Tull and capture that moment..I eat alone mostly all the time at home anyways…my schedule is different with the family but that does not bother me because I love peace when it comes to putting sharp instruments in your mouth peace is a virtue..don't know if that constitutes what you are looking for Sweet G:) but I gave it my best shot…enjoy my Dearest Soul Angel of God(+)
Dom*
Dear Dom,
So sweet and thanks so much. I just love all that you have to offer. You know I used to seek peace and silence when I was constantly with people a few years back. When you know there are people always in the backyard, you like to steal the moments of isolation. They really are constructive. I get out now a days to find moments of togetherness and I get a lot of relief looking at people.
Peace and Love
Garima