Often Eating Dinner alone?

[SophieHasOneQuestion]

Hi everyone,
If you are single, do you often eat dinner alone? I mean we can meet friends for meals but probably not all the time. I was in a restaurant yesterday and realised how much I miss having regular dinner with people, rather than eating alone.
Curious if this is only me (too sensitive?) or others also share the same feeling?

Thank you. :)

Do you mean eating alone in a restaurant or at home? I’m in a relationship of 12 years and eat most meals alone 😂

Thank you for your reply. @Billylilly
Both. I guess it is different when you are single and eating alone, as you don't have the assurance of the partner is there, but he/she just not here for dinner.

I’m not sure I understand the question. When I was single, regularly eating dinner with company wasn’t something I missed, no. Until this post, it wouldn’t even have occurred to me as a ‘thing’ to miss.

I think eating out or having take away etc with a partner (or friend) is lovely, but I don’t think eating normal meals on normal days a week alone and single would bother me.

Get a dog....you'll never be able to eat in peace again!

I love eating out alone.

I eat out alone fairly regularly especially if I'm working away from home. It doesn't bother me at all, I still enjoy my food. But I do appreciate the times I eat out with company - it's nice to have a conversation, talk about the food itself, maybe try a bit of someone else's (not everyone appreciates this I know!)

I talk to people sometimes who say "Oh I could never eat out alone" (or go to the cinema, an event, or even the gym) and I really don't understand why. It makes me wonder if it's part of the reason why some people get into relationships again very quickly after a breakup - do they feel they "can't" just go out alone and need someone, anyone, to accompany them to places?

I don’t go to restaurants alone, I’m single but to me restaurants are a social event so I only go if I have people to go with

I’d imagine most single people eat dinner alone most of the time. I probably meet friends for dinner out / have friends over for dinner / go to friends’ houses for dinner twice a week on average. Have always been happy to eat alone but I’m not very food motivated and don’t really think of eating as something which requires or is measurably improved by company.

It really depends on why you are single, I think. For me, being alone for any length of time still feels like an incredible liberty. I revel in it.

If you're not single by choice, I think it could feel really lonely. Sharing a meal is something so basic to community and building bonds with others; it's not needy or oversensitive to feel a longing for it. There are some things we all long for: touch, laughter, to be nurtured and wanted. None of this is strange. It's human.

I totally understand that it is complete fine to eat alone, sometimes, it is even free and liberating when you are in a relationship. But for singles, on a Friday or Saturday evening, do you have a declination of having dinner with someone or maybe more than one person, rather than alone?

Most people (single and coupled) go and have dinner with friends because that’s an enjoyable thing to do. It’s a fun social activity. We do not do it to escape being alone.

Your attitude towards being single doesn’t sound particularly healthy, OP. Are you okay?

I used to work away a lot, National and international, the “table for one”, is always a bit depressing, even if the food is good , used to go the Cinema & Hotel gyms alot aswell, never been a problem.