to be in the pub on my own with a pint, a cake and a book?

[Workyticket]

Dh and 2ds' are at the match. We're going to a family house party near the ground after so I came into town shopping.

Forgot it was Sunday and that the shops shut early - and to be fair, I'm shit at shopping and got bored quickly

I bought a book and am on my 2nd pint (but 1st cake)

Text a pal and she thinks I'm weird and should have gone to a coffee shop instead of the pub!

Cider and fudge cake sounds lovely. I'm in a pub now with a glass of red and a cheese and onion roll.

I love a solo pint and a spot of pretending to read while just mulling over things.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie DH and I often talk about opening the perfect pub. There are only two items on the food menu.
Cheese toastie
Lumpit

If you don't want a cheese toastie you can Lump it.
I'll allow cake, in honour of this thread.

I think that woman must have had MH problems!

I saw a thread where a woman was accused of being an alcoholic as she enjoyed a drink by herself! 😬

I have never seen a thread where a woman is accused of being fat for enjoying a cake by herself!

I drop off DC to cricket practice every Sunday afternoon all through the winter. Parents can't stay and watch as there is not enough room. It's too far to drive home and back so I go to a nearby Wethersoons pub. I have a meal and a latte or two. Read my book if nothing interesting on the TV. After two hours drive back to pick DS up. Perfectly normal behaviour.

😂
Cheese and onion toastie
Chips
Onion bahjis and veggie samosas with chilli sauce and minty yoghurt
A really good side salad

The above menu would satisfy my every pub need

I fairly regularly find myself with a spare solo hour between things late afternoon/early evening in London and am a big fan of finding a nice bar, ordering a dry martini and some olives and reading my Kindle or doing emails. Also mid-40s and happily at the age where I am largely invisible and also give zero fucks about what anyone else thinks.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie I like your style.

Also an over 40 woman here who would absolutely kill time in a pub with a pint (of beer) and some crisps (not cake!). With a book or with my phone!

Sounds absolutely lush.
Mine's a Guinness and some chilli cheesy chips.

If have gone for crisps rather than cake, but otherwise sounds great and I'm quite jealous.

Cake needs tea,
Preferably in a pot

I hate this notion that doing things alone is weird, that's their own insecurity and close mindedness talking.

Invisible how? I never understand this, I notice everyone.

Crusty cheese roll with a pint - preferably stout or a good ale. Yum.

Yabu to eat cake with a pint, now crisps or nuts would be a much better choice, imo

But seriously I hope you enjoyed some 'you' time.

Cider and fudge cake sounds good- toffee apple ish