So many of you know me as such an extrovert and also very comfortable with myself. And I am…usually. But not always when I’m in a situation when I’m by myself…like when I’m traveling alone.
So here’s the thing. I hate eating alone in restaurants. HATE. I feel like everyone around me looks at me and wonders why I’m alone, having pity on me because I can’t find a dining companion. I usually take something to read just to look busy. Even if I don’t end up actually reading any of it.
If I can hide in a dark corner booth, awesome.
So this week I’m at a conference in downtown Atlanta. And I ate alone at Hard Rock last night in the bar area. Not so bad…and others were alone. But tonight I was just going to grab something in the hotel lobby bar. So I went down to it, but then noticed all of the tables were out in the open lobby and filled with groups of people laughing. I didn’t have a group…and laughing too much by myself would seem odd. I suddenly felt very alone and awkward. Plus, I couldn’t see if they were people from my conference, but thought what if they were and didn’t ask me to join them??
So I kept walking and went right back to the elevator (which was out of sight) and went right back to my room and ordered room service.
And I really enjoyed my chicken tacos and French fries…in my pjs!
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Awww, how were the tacos? Sorry you didn’t have a group to eat with. It’s funny, I love eating alone for all of the same reasons as you don’t enjoy it. So bizarre… That being said, I’m a complete introvert (a social one, though). Think of it this way, though… enjoy going to a restaurant, not having to tell a kid to stay in their seat, pull another one out from under the table, have to play it off when a kid chews up their food, spits it out, and yells, “That’s disgusting.” … maybe that’s just my kids though… :-/ Enjoy your weekend!!!
I wish I was there to share those tacos….and a couple of margaritas. Travel safe.
you are too funny! sometimes while the hubs was deployed I’d get a babysitter JUST to go out to eat by myself. it was blissful!
this made me tear up for some reason. and NO i’m not pregnant. 🙂 as an introvert, that’s how i feel in a lot of situations, so it always surprises me to hear that other people feel the same sometimes. that said, room service can be quite awesome. hope you enjoyed your trip!
i recently discovered that i love going to the movies alone, but not sure about eating out alone. nothing beats room service though really. i love to eat on a big bed in a clean room in my pjs.
well, you could have voice mailed me while you ate silly! LOL! I love to eat alone, shop alone, go to movies alone here and there. If I do it too often by myself, I do start to feel like a loser. hahaha that said, I’m more worried about someone trying to abduct or kill me while alone then to think I have no friends. we all have something right?
V