A Single Girl's Diary

No more dinner date.

During my first month of being single, my friends were obliged to have dinner with me every single night or else I won’t eat a thing. Every night was a struggle because I used to have dinner with my ex boyfriend during our 1 year love hate relationship. And to suddenly eat alone was just so hard.

I remember one night, my bestfriend called me up to check if I ate something for dinner and I told her that I did. Well a pack of crackers can be counted as dinner, right? Or maybe not. I wasn’t trying to kill myself. I was just sad and too lazy to go out or even go downstairs to call for delivery. When my friends noticed that I was starting to lose weight again, they decided to oblige themselves to have dinner with me every single night. It’s so nice to have friends like them. They’re the sweetest! But spoiling me wasn’t the answer. I mean, I grew dependent each night and it wasn’t helping me in moving on. So I told them, “Let me try to eat alone. I should not imprison you guys just because I am sad.” some of them bargained that I am still weak to have dinner alone (and that I’d only cry because every fast food chain played songs would just remind me of my ex boyfriend. Which is so true.) but they eventually understood (or pretended to understand) and gave in.

It wasn’t really easy eating alone but I managed to train myself and next thing I knew, I was already getting used to it. But of course, there will always be nights where I wish I am eating with someone but generally, to eat alone is fun! Having a serene dinner is a gift and I won’t trade it for another argument-prone dinner with a guy just because he thinks I’m too choosy for not having a dip on my chicken nuggets.

So girls, did you eat dinner alone tonight too? :)