Thanks for this thread another that has got me thinking today. I admire you splitimage for having theater ticket for one. I was always under the assumption that I could not do something like that and that if my friends did not come along or like it it was not to be liked, now that I look at that thinking it is stupid on my part.Freisa eating out alone to me is not weird, it is something that i haven't done much of though and think I need to start. I like the idea of alone time at a restaurant. I all ways thought that with alone time I had to be all alone period! Boy has my thinking been a mess. I suppose it has to do with self esteem. Dr Skipper, you are right on, voidray needs to try a different restaurant.