11/20/2007 1:28:49 PM |
Is 1 the loneliest number? |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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Don't cha hate when you go into a restaurant and they ask if you are dining alone? Humm hang on.. lemme look and make sure.. yup.. I'm eating ALONE.. thanks for pointing it out! Buying groceries for 1 is almost as expensive as buying for 3. How quickly does one go through a loaf of bread before it becomes stale? I get alot of coupons in the mail for " free meal for 2" Win a free trip for.... 2 lol Anyone else feeling the crowding of the number 1?
[Edited 11/20/2007 3:15:34 PM]
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11/20/2007 2:01:43 PM |
Is 1 the loneliest number? |
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pleasewrite
Bethlehem, PA
age: 61
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Explore the options. Two for one specials. Your money goes twice as far...You are ready to leave. No one to wait for to get ready....You want to do this. No one to say "well I want to do that."....You want to buy a new blouse. No one will say "what's wrong with the ones that you have?"....You want to watch the cooking cannel. No one will say "I want to watch football."....So does the number 2 begin to sound like a crowd now?
Well of course I would rather be two that one. That's just my debating team experience comeing out.
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11/20/2007 2:04:15 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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If ya read one of my blogs about the freedom of being just one.. ya see I am not a big fan of the number 1
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11/20/2007 2:07:12 PM |
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lotsafuninpa
Tioga, PA
age: 66
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Personally I am fed up to my ears with the number1----my kids even used to come around when I had a hubby.
I never go in a fancy restaurant--because I would feel stupid being there alone:
I just hope SANTA hurries and brings me my man for Christmas---lol-----lotsafuninpa.
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11/20/2007 2:11:54 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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Same here lots... Alot of places I don't go to cuz I just don't wanna go alone
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11/20/2007 2:13:54 PM |
Is 1 the loneliest number? |
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agent05949
Greenville, MI
age: 57 online now!
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When I consider a worse alternative (zero) then 1 doesn't seem quite so bad.
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11/20/2007 2:15:23 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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lol dear agent the logical one.. good point
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11/20/2007 2:20:38 PM |
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chucky_t
Akron, IN
age: 59
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Expand your friends base and you do not have to go eat alone.
I have female friends, not girlfriends, that I go to dinner with once in a while. Just as two friends that enjoy each other's company.
Instead of going to the bar for a beer, we go to dinner for a nice meal.
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11/20/2007 2:24:01 PM |
Is 1 the loneliest number? |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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I don't have many friends here. most everyone i know is married
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11/20/2007 2:24:38 PM |
Is 1 the loneliest number? |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 59 online now!
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I'm ok with #1 but still do wish for a SPECIAL#2 A good #2 would fill all the gaps in life.
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11/20/2007 2:56:02 PM |
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michael061
Arlington, VA
age: 60
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Eating alone is one of the things one things that reminds you of your status in life. It is worse for me now because I stopped using the oven the last time I forgot to turn it off. No I am not yet senile, but I have decided to make lifestyle changes before I cut off my fingers with a power saw, or burn down the house by "slightly" over-cooking my gourmet dinner. (Well, maybe not gourmet, what ever that is)
As I look back, I can now see that the world, in my younger days, really was a man's world.
I think back to the waitress's who served me in my youth. Young, flirtatious, funny, quick with a smile or a joke---well, actually some of them were not so young, but they were all fun to be around. (Please do not tell anyone, but I once did some serious flirting with a waitress who must have been close to twice my age) The girls,(OK, "women" if you want to be PC), soon became friends. (if you went to the restaurant often, and when they were not too busy)
Fast forward to 2007. The wait staff is composed of young boys in their twenty's who give you that, "Another old man who is not likely to give a big tip", look. You can not prove your value by giving a good tip, (which they seldom earn), because another young boy will be waiting on you next week. The folks who cook, and bus the tables do not speak a word of English. Sometimes I feel like Rip Van Winkle. What ever happened to that "down home family feeling" that was once the trade mark of every small diner?
I too get the "buy one get one free", coupons. I often ponder how one person is supposed to eat two huge meals, and stay within ones diet. (Don't they know we are single, and on a diet, they seem know everything else about us!) Now, as I enter the "forever diet" years, it occurs to me that if I had three friends to eat with, we could all eat for the price of one meal. (buy one, get one free, and feed everyone you know)
Michael
PS
Oh my gosh, when describing the girls who waited on me in my youth,
I forgot to say, SEXY! That was a very important quality back then.
Perhaps I am getting senile!
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11/20/2007 3:04:31 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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I have a diner down on the square that I frequent alot. Alot of the lawyers and judges go here as it is simply a quick and convenient place to grab a big greasy hamburger for lunch. I love this place. It reminds me of Cheers where you can go and everyone knows you by name. It's one of the very few places I can walk into alone and not feel alone at all. Everyone should have such a place to call their own
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11/20/2007 3:54:57 PM |
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butterfly58
Arcadia, MO
age: 58 online now!
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I never had a problem with the number "1" at all. When it's just "1" it's your fault for not going places--I agree with that you can have friends that you know are not boyfriend/girlfriend material--but friends! Of course I was never one to need alot of people around me and have always done things on my own especially in my first marriage.
The only times it bothers me is when my kids find out I did something late at night or foolish and they yell at me for not calling them. Sometimes I feel I'm the child and their the rule makers. And they wonder why I don't want to live near them
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11/20/2007 4:10:52 PM |
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trublu5ft2
Columbia, TN
age: 50
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funny... my kids will call me every night around 10 to make sure I am home! If I don't come home at night, they are calling me bright and early the next am demanding to know where I was and who I was with LOL They even call to make sure I ate!
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11/20/2007 4:26:55 PM |
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cmed68
Poquoson, VA
age: 63
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I can relate to all of the posts on this thread. The first time I was alone I was left with a freezer full of steaks and ground beef including one standing rib roast. Early on I cooked the roast to share with two other male friends before going to a C&W concert on a Sunday afternoon. The friends arrived and were not the least bit interested in eating. Scratch one expensive piece of meat. After that I would take out a steak to thaw with the intent of preparing it for dinner after I got home from work. So often that steak never got cooked and it was Micky Ds or facsimile thereof using the drive through, eating in the car, and on the run. By the end of the week I would trash the empty bags, wrappers, and drink cups. This is not how to live and accounts somewhat for my getting involved with a woman that led to a disasterous marriage. I hated living like this, was very lonely, and wanted the pain to go away as fast as I could make that happen. The strangest thing of all was I has no idea I was in pain. When I found myslef alone the second time I wised up, forced myself to plan menus, cook healthy meals, and often eat alone. About once a week a freind would drop by my apartment and have dinner with me and all of them were female types but rarely girlfriends. My neighbor accross the hall thought I was quite the ladies man but this was not the case.
All of this taught me that 1 is indeed the lonliest number. Most of us need a spouse, companion, or significant other in our life. The challenge is connecting with the right one.
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