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HockeyMom

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2. I don't need a "woman's hour" to eat alone in a restaurant

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2014, 03:59 PM

May 2014

Many a time as a young woman back in the 60s, I ate alone in restaurants; along with couples, and men alone. I wasn't looking for a pick up. I just wanted to EAT. Yes, sometimes sitting at a table for two a man would ask to join me, and I told him no that I wanted to be ALONE. Women cannot do that even today?

Hell, even as a old woman today when my husband is away on business, I go out to a restaurant by myself to eat. What the hell is the big deal about that?

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Are 'female friendly' restaurants sexist? [View all] theHandpuppet May 2014 OP

That last sentence seems pretty likely to be correct. Jackpine Radical May 2014 #1

I don't need a "woman's hour" to eat alone in a restaurant HockeyMom May 2014 #2

I never heard of such a thing ismnotwasm May 2014 #3

I think so. MadrasT May 2014 #4