Advice from Amy Dickinson.
I am a single woman in my mid-50s. I never married or had children and like it this way.I enjoy going to museums and restaurants on my own. There is a restaurant/bar right down the street from me that I enjoy going to.
I wasn’t there for long when a man came up beside me, saddled up, and took up conversation with me. I really didn’t want to talk to him, and I didn’t want him sitting next to me. This week I again went to this restaurant by myself. This time I decided to sit at a table, hoping not to be approached by strangers.Now, for the first time in my life, a man came up to my small, two-person table, pulled out the opposite seat, and sat down to join me without even asking or introducing himself.I asked the server to instead box up the food to go, as I didn’t want to eat with this stranger sitting at my table.
If you are at your favorite local place, there are extra seats at the bar, and someone sits right next to you and wants to engage in conversation, you can say, “I’m going to eat here, so let me give you some extra room …"and move your seat. Make eye contact with the bartender to let them know you’re moving.
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