Eat Alone
Have you ever had the experience of eating alone? How do you feel when you eat alone? Do you feel lonely or comfortable? Last Wednesday due to all sorts of accidental mishaps, I went to a small hot pot restaurant near the school to eat alone. Before I deciding eat unattended, I was hesitated for a while whether to eat only by myself, because I was afraid that others would look at me strangely. And I remembered the previous experience of going to the hot pot restaurant with my family. Most of the guests were a group of friends, and everyone chatted happily while eating hot pot. The scene was very lively. Therefore, I was also worried about whether eating alone will make me stick out like a sore thumb and thus feel embarrassing in such a hilarious atmosphere.
However, when I really sat down and started to eat hot pot, I found that many people in the restaurant actually came to eat by themselves, and also the clerk did not treat me differently. While waiting for the dishes, I observed the people who came to eat alone, and found that they did not feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, they enjoyed the time of eating alone. Nonetheless, I also noticed that there was a girl, who wore headphones, sitting in the corner of the restaurant, kept staring at her cell phone and a few conversations appeared from time to time. It seemed like she was talking on the phone. But in fact, just a few minutes ago, I witnessed that her phone turned off automatically owing to out of battery. Obviously she was disguising her embarrassment in this way. So I was shocked when I saw her pretending to talk on the phone at the beginning, and I felt like I discovered the secret of a girl who was eating by herself.
In fact, when I decided to eat hot pot alone at first, I also thought about wearing earphones and looking at my phone just like the girl did. But soon after I started to eat, I gradually forgot the embarrassment originally; instead, I increasingly began to enjoy the rare time of eating alone. And I think it’s also fun to observe all kinds of customers while eating. I once felt that it was a shame to eat alone because I might be considered by others to have no friends, poor popularity, or eccentric personality. But in fact, sometimes the reason for eating alone is very simple. Maybe it’s just that the person who had the appointment with you had something to do unexpectedly and couldn’t come to the appointment. Everyone is very busy and have their own things to do. Eating alone is not as scary and embarrassed as we think.
To sum up, many girls are accustomed to being in groups, shopping, eating, or even going to the bathroom. What gives them peace of mind is not who they are with, but that someone is with her. So, once the people who were always by her side disappeared, she would feel restless even if she was walking alone on the road. We often regard accompaniment as too important, so that we forget that many things are not necessarily done by a group of people. Through this experience of eating alone, I think although it is a good thing to socialize with others, sometimes stay alone can make us feel calm and peaceful and help us understand ourselves better.
