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"I realize the title of this post might make me sound anti-social&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;amp;#8217;m really not, I promise. It&amp;amp;#8217;s just every once in awhile I love taking myself out for a nice meal. After writing this post about doing sweet little things for ourselves, I took my own advice and headed out to a cute neighborhood restaurant for lunch. It was bliss! And here are a few reasons why: 1. Eavesdropping is fun! An art student and his mentor, an animator for Nickelodeon, sat at the table next to me. They discussed how an idea becomes a series&amp;amp;#8212;the animator worked on Dora the Explorer! Two tables over, a group of ladies around my Grandma&amp;amp;#8217;s age gossiped about the server&amp;amp;#8217;s &amp;amp;#8220;cute buns.&amp;amp;#8221; Sure, conversation with a dining companion would have been lovely but had I been wrapped up in my own chat, I would have missed those gems. 2. Reading a good book while sipping your drink and taking in the view is such a simple luxury. I sat next to the window; the sunlight warmed my skin and spilled onto the pages of my book. 3. You wait for no one. Whenever I head out with a big group of friends, there is always one person who goes back and forth about what to order. By the time that person&amp;amp;#8217;s mind is made up, I&amp;amp;#8217;m so hungry that the lemon in my water starts to look appetizing. 4. Servers are extra sweet to you when you&amp;amp;#8217;re alone. I&amp;amp;#8217;m not sure what it is but every time I&amp;amp;#8217;ve requested a table for just myself, the service has been excellent. Drinks are refilled before I notice they&amp;amp;#8217;re empty and my order is always spot on. Plus, the staff tends to be on the flirty side if you are by yourself. 5. There&amp;amp;#8217;s no such thing as a compromise! When you take yourself out to eat, you pick the place, you decide what to order, you decide when to go and how long to stay. If you&amp;#x27;re with a big group, not so much. I&amp;#x27;d love to know: do you go out to eat by yourself? How often do you take yourself out? Do you go to the same restaurant or do you mix it up? Do you find servers extra flirty when you&amp;amp;#8217;re alone? Why do you think some people are uncomfortable eating alone in restaurants? What&amp;#x27;s the best thing about eating by yourself at a restaurant? Restaurants and romance: winning combo or what? * How many times a month do you go out to eat? * What&amp;amp;#8217;s a good restaurant to pick for a blind date? * Why don&amp;amp;#8217;t men go out to eat together? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images. Image used for illustrative purposes only."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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