Restaurants
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sugaryberries
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Yep. I strongly dislike eating inside restaurants and I hate eating inside fast food places. I like to be in the corner in a both when we do have to eat inside though.
Diluted_Acid
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Dude you are not alone . . . . Tonight i got to go to this expensive French restaurant with my family, and yeah just gonna start feelin as if i don't deserve to be there, or that people are lookin down on me, thinkin i'm some spoilt brat.
IceLad
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I like to sit in a corner when I can. I'm very self conscious of eating alone. It really does feel sometimes as if the other people are disapproving of you for daring to eat alone! Because I'm so anxious, I also have a tendency to rush my food and someimes have difficulty swallowing.
2QuietForThem
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I don't have a problem eating in restaurants as long as I bring something to read. It's usually a magazine although I'd much rather have a newspaper, but that's kind of bothersome to be spreading out all over the table. For some reason, it has bothered people to see me eating alone. Some have asked if I'd like to sit with them, but I politely decline. I'm not sitting with strangers anyway! When I'm with a group (like coworkers) I notice that I'm never seated where the fun is. It's always at the other end of the table and never gets to where I am. Kind of annoying.
scatmantom
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Some times I can do it fine, but if I am already anxious and am constantly aware of people looking at me I have to leave. Its hard when your family arrange a meal and you can't go!
yeah, i have this too...i hate ordering...makes me nervous...and waiting for my turn to order is the worst 8O ...reminds me of being in school, waiting for my turn to stand up and say a speech or something :!: ...and i'd rather go to the bathroom with someone else, so i don't wander around looking like a dork on the way back..looking for my tableShonen_Yo said:
Shonen_Yo
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maggie said:yeah, i have this too...i hate ordering...makes me nervous...and waiting for my turn to order is the worst 8O ...reminds me of being in school, waiting for my turn to stand up and say a speech or something :!: ...and i'd rather go to the bathroom with someone else, so i don't wander around looking like a dork on the way back..looking for my tableShonen_Yo said:
True that. I was so nervous once, I got lost at denny's and the staff just lead me back to my chair. Argh
Glittergraffiti
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I never go out to eat on my own because my anxiety is even worse than when I go out to eat with my husband or family. I always feel like everyone is staring at me or laughing at me. I hate sitting in the middle at a table and prefer being in a booth. The waiters make me feel rushed because I hardly have time to look at the menu and they are pressuring me to order...then I worry that I have food on my face or clothes or something...I keep using my napkin, fidgeting, etc. My husband doesn't like to talk when he eats, so we just sit there in silence, chewing...it is very uncomforable.
pjam76
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out to eat
I used to have to eat out at restaurants all the time because I traveled for work and sometimes, ate with other co-workers or particular clients..
I always hated restaurants where the tables and seats were so close.. I felt like i couldn't talk because somebody from some other table was listening to my every word... I thought other people I never knew, would never know, never met were judging me.
Some restaurants where you are at a booth and have some privacy, I don't feel that awkward at.
But places like Fridays or Applebees, where tables can be sooo close, especially in cities like NYC, it's a nightmare.
I used to have to eat out at restaurants all the time because I traveled for work and sometimes, ate with other co-workers or particular clients..
I always hated restaurants where the tables and seats were so close.. I felt like i couldn't talk because somebody from some other table was listening to my every word... I thought other people I never knew, would never know, never met were judging me.
Some restaurants where you are at a booth and have some privacy, I don't feel that awkward at.
But places like Fridays or Applebees, where tables can be sooo close, especially in cities like NYC, it's a nightmare.
Glittergraffiti
Member
Re: out to eat
YES...exactly! Why it should matter what strangers think about me...I have no idea. But still...it does. Even though I try to tell myself that it shouldn't. :roll:
YES...exactly! Why it should matter what strangers think about me...I have no idea. But still...it does. Even though I try to tell myself that it shouldn't. :roll:
