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Why? I mean, what is the point of reading a book in a restaurant when you can get take-out or delivery and read a book in the comfort of your own home? That's my point: a restaurant is FOR socializing, as much as it is for eating.
But now we have two parallel threads going: being alone at Christmas and the great restaurant debate.
That (there are such specimens, believe it or not), or... Just not having anyone emotionally close enough to spend Christmas with... Pitying friends who offer to awkwardly include you in their OWN intimate family gatherings don't count, as that's more depressing that being alone.
No, I know there are such specimens. I'm just beginning to think I just don't count as being "alone" for the purposes of this thread because I chose to not to be miserable about it. I don't have anyone emotionally (or geographically) close enough to spend Christmas with. But I make the most of the day and turn it into something special for myself. I'm apparently even more freakish than the "alone" crowd. LOL
yandex, no one said us Solitary Losers (SL) are miserable about it
I dig being alone. Like really truly dig it. So miserable isn't required to fit the target market of the OP.
(I am a pretty miserable human but NOT because of being solitary; being around peeps heightens my misery actually).
Just truly alone, as in, no relatives nor friends to whom one is close enough to be with on holidays.
Anyone?
Why? I mean, what is the point of reading a book in a restaurant when you can get take-out or delivery and read a book in the comfort of your own home? That's my point: a restaurant is FOR socializing, as much as it is for eating.
But now we have two parallel threads going: being alone at Christmas and the great restaurant debate.
Where are these "rules" that say a restaurant is for socializing?? I thought it was for nourishment....
Are there rows of chairs lined up facing forward at a counter (that would be a diner) or tables with two or more chairs and place settings facing each other? I rest my case.
Are there rows of chairs lined up facing forward at a counter (that would be a diner) or tables with two or more chairs and place settings facing each other? I rest my case.
Tables.
And a restaurant is there to provide an ambiente you don't have at home and food that takes too much time/effort to cook yourself. That's what it's for.
"A restaurant is there to provide an ambiente you don't have at home and food that takes too much time/effort to cook yourself. That's what it's for."
You've got me on the ambience, but if your nose is stuck in a book or a tablet, I would argue that it's going to be lost on you. And the exact same food which, I agree, I couldn't or wouldn't want to bother cooking myself can be delivered or taken out to enjoy at home.
I would argue that a restaurant is for enjoying the ambience and special food. With someone else.
I would also hazard a guess that for those comfortable being the only person dining alone in a crowded restaurant, that is also an entirely voluntary situation... He or she has left spouse, family, and friends at home by the dozens!
My fiance lives in another country, and we cannot see each other just any day we want to, for now at least. The waitresses at the German restaurant know that too, and they know just why I choose their place over all other restaurants to come to when I feel a bit lonely.
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