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Post by Scott on Nov 26, 2018 5:14:14 GMT
So, I stumbled upon this thing on the internet. I don't know what I was searching for. But I came across this website with a list if twenty things you can do to work up the courage to eat alone in a restaurant. This seemed insane, but there were a couple of dozen comments from people talking about how they couldn't eat out unless they were part of an entourage. They thought they were being judged.
One guy said that he was out of town when some movie came out. When he got home, all of his friends had already seen it. So now he couldn't see it because he'd have to go alone and the ticket taker would think that nobody liked him.
I never thought of eating or watching a movie as a social experience. I'd rather be left alone.
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Post by Joyce on Nov 26, 2018 15:49:58 GMT
I remember an episode of Friends where Rachel was having trouble with the idea of eating alone. It never occurred to me that it would be an issue.
I guess some of us are naturally "loaners". There's quite a few people I would NOT want to watch a movie with because they can't keep quiet and like to whisper to me. I find it very annoying.
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Post by Scott on Nov 28, 2018 17:17:35 GMT
When I was in high school, I was the only one of my friends with a job, and eating out was my only luxury. If I ate out with any of them, I had to pay for their meals, so there was a definite advantage to dining alone.
And let's see. Back then... It was back before home video had taken over. Most college students didn't have TV's at all. So the university a few blocks from me would show movies every weekend. I could go to two or three movies on Friday and Saturday and one or two on Sunday. I'd go to five to eight movies every weekend. They were cheap and if you got there late after they closed their cash box they were free. But if I had to have people with me, it would have been an ordeal.
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