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Do you feel conspicuous eating out on your own?

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absent Mon 21-Feb-22 03:14:57

I sometimes went to restaurants – all over Europe as well as the UK – on my own from the time I was a young woman. I usually took a book because I love to read. The waiting staff were always attentive and they still seem to be the same now I am an old woman. I still take a book.

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Pepper59 Mon 21-Feb-22 01:55:12

It's never bothered me eating out alone. Loads of people do it now.

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biglouis Mon 21-Feb-22 01:42:44

Someone began a discussion on this over on MN. So I wondered how the older generation here felt about it.

As a very young woman (say 16-18) I used to feel conspicuous as though people were judging me for not being with a companion. Nowadays Ive travelled so much on my own I never think about it. I like to sit outside (weather permitting) and people watch. I also find that I get better service as the waiter/ess has no one else in the group to listen to.

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