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I didn't really appreciate going out to eat alone until I became an adult. Even though I have siblings they were out of the house or were stepsibs and we didn't live together. Once I went to college though I started to do everything by myself as I lived in housing and I couldn't ever get time to myself. I am rather gregarious though, so I can always meet new people.
I probably go out to eat alone once a week and I often take a book and keep myself occupied. Sometimes if the place is busy I'll even share a table with a stranger. I did that on my way down from Alaska on the Ferry and met some really neat people (mom and son rode their Harley from Texas to the Arctic Circle and back again). I shared a table with a woman last week and she is now teaching me to knit. She is divorced and her boys are grown. She never had a daughter so she is happy to teach someone.
Movies I will not go alone to on a weekend night. Couples make me want to vomit, the theatre is more crowded, and it costs more. I love matinees and I have often been the only person in a theatre on a week night, and I like it that way. No obnoxious cellphones.
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