My Little Secret

Okay, so I have a little secret that no one knows about (and yes I do realize that if you all knew about it, it wouldn't be a secret!)...every once in a while I watch an episode of Sex and the City (I can hear you already Teresa!). Most of the time it's not worthwhile, but occasionally there's something good. I caught part of an episode tonight and it focused on an issue that has been bothering me lately. In the episode Carrie struggles with the issue of being single and doing things alone, especially eating in a restaurant. I am also reading a book called Tales of a Female Nomad right now in which this was an issue. The main character in the book struggles with eating alone when she goes on vacation alone in Mexico. She actually runs around to hotels to meet people she could eat with before she will go to dinner! I understand that eating alone can be uncomfortable, but why is this such a big issue? I mean, do people really judge people who are eating alone? (If they're drinking alone, that's a whole other issue!) How shallow do you have to be to look down on someone who is in a restaurant alone? Why is that something to be looked down upon? Sorry, I know this is a really random, but it's been bothering me lately! Anyway, my basic message is that if you're single you shouldn't worry about eating alone, and if you're not single, there's no freaking reason to look down on someone who is eating alone!

Okay, so that's the random rant for today....more soon to come!