<p>do you eat alone often in college? especially during the first couple weeks and you don't know anyone?</p>
<p>I'm a Soph and I do. My schedule simply doesn't always match up with my friends.</p>
<p>People eat alone all the time. I'm a soph as well and I eat alone.</p>
<p>Even when you meet people, you will eat alone quite a lot. Most people are just going to eat when they're hungry instead of waiting around for others to eat with. Always bring something to read.</p>
<p>completely normal.</p>
<p>If it bothers you, you should try to include yourself with a group of friends or get to know some people..but of course..there will be some times (not all the time) when you might eat alone..for example.. when you wake up to get breakfast and you don't know where your friends are, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem</p>
<p>im pretty sure you'll find people to eat with, most people do =]</p>
<p>Eating alone sometimes is totally normal. I've come to enjoy it, actually. It's a good time to people-watch, or to catch up on reading.</p>
<p>I eat alone the vast majority of the time.
I read the school paper at lunch
and I bring books or magazines to dinner.</p>
<p>My schedule doesn't always match up with my friends. When I'm hungry I'll text a few people and if they don't want to come I just get the food to go. If you don't feel comfortable eating alone bring your lap top or bring some work. Its completely normal.</p>
<p>I do all the time, and I always see people eating alone. I don't understand why some people have such a fit about eating alone. I mean, crap, I know this one girl who flat out refuses to eat alone, as in, she just won't go even if she's desperately hungry. One time she seemed like she was about to cry because we wouldn't go eat with her because we had just freaking eaten.</p>
<p>I just don't get it. It's not like it marks you as a social outcast or anything, and no one's sitting there say, "Oh God. Look at that loser, eating alone. Hahahaha!"</p>
<p>I've ate alone a couple of times mainly because sometimes you're just hungry and don't have the patience to search for your friends.</p>
<p>If you really don't want to sit alone just go up to someone who's sitting alone and calmly (in a non creepy way) sit and meet them. Then you'll have made a friend AND not be sitting alone.</p>
<p>We aren't in HS anymore ;)</p>
<p>Perfectly normal. I use the time to catch up with the newspapers or readings (or e-mail if I have my laptop with me) because my day is so hectic. However, I do occasionally try to meet up with friends for a meal for a change of pace. I see people sitting by themselves ALL the time in the coffeeshops and I usually slide in across from them for some table space and many are chill with it (also probably a little happy for some company at the table).</p>
<p>there's nothing wrong with it. i can see how it can be awkward though at dinner time in the cafeteria-style dining hall where it's very noisy and all the tables seem pretty cliquey. but i don't judge people who do sit alone at those times. if anything, i just think they are gutsy and are above any of those childish worries.</p>
<p>I've actually been noticing that I never eat alone, whereas I used to do it all the time in high school. I even brought a book to read at lunch today and still ended up meeting people.</p>
<p>But in answer to your question, I don't see anything abnormal about eating alone.</p>
<p>Not at all an issue. If your school has bar style seating the cafeteria, you can just sit there. My school has it and people who aren't eating with friends just sit there. You don't even need to bring a book. Just focus on your food and do some thinking.</p>
<p>I eat a lot of meals alone in my dorm, I'll do it more a lot once it gets colder and I'll be too lazy to go to the dining hall. For us, the place is right there its a 1 minute walk, we don't treat it like we're eating out somewhere special. There's also different sized tables with a lot of them being for 1-2 people so its not like you'll stand out by sitting alone at a huge table.</p>
<p>I have ate alone a lot back in my freshman year and it wasn't bad at all. In fact, I think sometimes it's better to eat alone than with like a hallmate (that you aren't like super close to) because that just leads to awkward convos that goes nowhere really fast (happen to me freshman year also). The only bad thing about eat alone is that sometimes the cafeteria might be full and you feel bad that you have a whole table to yourself while others are frantically looking for a table. I also recommend not reading notes or study during your lunch or dinner because I just think when you are eating, you should just relax and eat rather than study....but thats just my opinion.</p>
<p>I always eat breakfast alone for the most part, but always eat dinner with someone. (and don't eath lunch).</p>
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I also recommend not reading notes or study during your lunch or dinner because I just think when you are eating, you should just relax and eat rather than study....but thats just my opinion.
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ITA. Eating is a great time to unwind and relax. You can just reflect on your day and what you want to do for the rest of the day. I think that's why eating alone is actually nice because you can do some thinking instead of talking with someone. Other than on the toilet, there is very little time/place to do thinking.</p>