lonely are the brave.

Since I am single, and I enjoy good food, I sometimes eat out alone. I am a good cook, and often eat at home, but being single doesn't mean I'm banned from restaurants. :) When I DO eat out alone at a restaurant, I tend to read. What else is there to do if you are alone? I guess I could look around, but once you've looked around and seen everything there is to see within sight, what then? Reading is generally more interesting...

As for not being able to read in a noisy restaurant, its not a problem. If there is a specific sound to distract me, like a song, or a tv show, or one conversation, then yes I find it hard to read - people talking in a library are VERY distracting because all you can hear is their conversation. But if its just a jumble of random noises, like in a noisy restaurant, it becomes much less distracting - there is nothing specific to grab your attention and take it away from what you are reading, its just background noise and easy to ignore.

Wow, I had no idea that as a single person, my reading alone in restaurants caused so much idle speculation among others... :)

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If it's a good book, I could do it but I'd rather people watch. They just want to look like they are busy doing something instead of staring into space feeling self-conscious.

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If I have a book in front of me I can tune anything out, and if I'm in a restaturant eating and reading, that's usually perceived as a signal I want to be left alone.

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Some people have the abuility to consentrate

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i've eaten at restaurants alone before. and as with some people, i can't sit still... i constantly have to be bombarbed with information/entertainme nt. i don't take shits without having something to read... same with eating, if there's no one to talk to.. then i'll read something.

actually, taking a shit is the only real time i have read these days.

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I love to read anywhere, I also write in public much easier than I do in private. I love to people watch and usually I don't want to talk to anyone, so it does seem odd but it isn't.

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People in restaurants are there for a meal. They are reading because they are readers and take every minute they can to read. When you are reading it takes your mind off the noisy restaurant and you are engrossed in the book. Try it, you'll see.

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I do lunch by myself pretty often. I might be in a hurry or out aand about for work and just have to go in to a restaurant and grab a quick snack. I can't remember the last time I was in a restaurant by myself. Well, actually I was waiting for a friend for 20 minutes by a table last week. She called and said she got stuck in traffic and would be late. It DID feel a bit awkward sitting there alone.

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Maybe some people are but personally I like to go eat out places and read by myself. I get to enjoy nice food in a nice atmosphere and read my book. It helps that I can tune everthing out as far as sound goes too.

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I used to travel a lot and alone. So eating and reading in a resturant wasn't to hard. You do have to concentrate. Although I did wish someone would join me, I hated it

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No! I often sit alone and do not want to be bothered by anyone. I also have been known to sit alone in bars and read. Yes its true. I simply want a change of scene, get out the house, have some quality time with myself, treat myself to a drink or a meal etc.

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Maybe when the person is reading he or she shuts out the noise...and just wants to read alone...or in an environment that is less distracting than home...like I would rather read at a noisy restaraunt than a noisy home where a baby is crying...because it is harder to shut out crying...

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I like reading when I'm in a restaurant alone because I can catch up on things that I've been meaning to read and sometimes, I will even work on my checkbook or bills so that I don't have to worry about doing everything last minute...plus, it helps keep me organized to go out alone and do what I need to get done because when I go to a restaurant with others, I tend to just want to sit and visit...:)

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It doesn't bother me to go to a restaurant and eat alone. The way I look at it, no one really cares if I have a companion or not. When I was younger, sometimes I did want a guy to join me but that sort of thing has left me. In fact, sometimes I rather dine alone so I can enjoy my meal without having to make small talk. I don't think I have ever read anything in a restaurant. Perhaps if I had just bought a magazine and there was an interesting article I wanted to read I might bring it into the restaurant with me, provided it was a casual restaurant.

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.....why they're there?............becau se they are hungry?.

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Lunch time or Dinner time is just that! Time to eat, read, write alone sometimes. You can always 'tune out' the noise and others when your concentration is 'focused' on what you are doing.

It does not mean that someone is 'lonely' and looking for someone.

I know that if I do it at a restaurant that is 'not the case' with me!

Sometimes you just want to get out of the office, away from home and you go somewhere to get a bite to eat and then do whatever else you want to do.

No harm in that and it SHOULD NOT be perceived as anything else in MOST cases for people.

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