Do you think eating alone is fun?

A friend of mine swears she can NEVER eat alone in public. She’d rather starve than be caught eating alone in public! A bit extreme, yes. But I do respect her view because eating is understandably a communal activity. Meals are more often than not shared with at least another person. Almost all of us (I’d like to think) grew up breaking bread (or slicing steak or digging into a bowl of rice) with someone else both at home and outside the home.

But I eat alone all the time: at home, at the office, in the malls, in transit and more. When I’m hungry, I eat! I don’t mind at all if I have no one to share it with. For me, eating alone is never the loneliest meal in the world…

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