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i am recently separated and i find that i feel uncomfortable going to restaurants alone but i would like to eat out without dating. Is it appropriate, in this day and age (i am 40), for single women to go to any restaurants alone?
I do that. Have done since I was about 25. I just take a book, or go on the net on my phone (I don't go to really posh places, obviously :P hah).
What I've been learning in the last few years is...I should do what I want to do, rather than missing out because I don't have someone to go with. It doesn't matter if I look like a weirdo, it will barely register with anyone around me, and if it happens to...they won't remember 10mins later anyway.
I'm just a few years younger than you and I dine in restaurants alone occasionally. No one looks at me funny or anything like that. Or maybe I simply don't notice because I don't really give an airborne intercourse about it.
If you have the money to pay for your shit,why the fuck not?BUSINESS is BUSINESS.You should'nt expect some motherfucker to have to pay for YOUR shit just because you have a HOLE between your damn legs.
I was married for a short time, only 25 to 27. It took such an emotional toll, then I had to take care of my father. As time passed, more of my friends could not hang out because of their personal obligations. I thought it was weird at first, though I don't, anymore. I think it's better to get out of the house than worrying what others are thinking, when you are dinning.
If your 40ish and you ask older ppl about this you'll usually get a answer which will be for a different time . Today it is more acceptable for a woman to go places unescorted and you won't stand out . Just stay out of bad areas , be aware of your surroundings and never hesitate to ask management of the place your at to have someone escort you to your car if it's late and not many people are around or you feel nervous for any reason.
I'm 21 and I do it. I don't notice when people sit alone unless they're those 50+ year old women who have those perpetual scowls on their face. Their eyes are like lighthouse light beams where you just feel them when they're on you. It's like they are sitting there, waiting for someone crazy to walk in and they're going to stand up and confront them like a dramatic movie scene or some shit. I notice that.
actually, that is exactly how i feel......i feel like, by going alone, i am asking to be targeted by men who think i must be lonely and therefore easy and desperate for their attention. my eyes are on every person in the place to see if any "vultures" are in the crowd (or i am checking to see who is looking at me with disapproval in their eyes......most of the older people i have spoken to, tell me that women should never go out to certain places un-escorted)