On Saturday, August 16, 2014 5:48:56 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:

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> Women reading books at restaurants labels you as a unsocialble,
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> homely spinster. Bonus point if it's a Harliquen Romance. Extra
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> bonus point if you bring two of them in case you finish the first one.
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Comment from 6 days ago:

DavidWNicholas
"I think this is an old-fashioned gender thing. Back in the day when
I was young, my mother had a serious thing about eating alone, and told
me that she'd actually heard of restaurants that wouldn't serve single
women. Presumably there was a stigma attached to the woman alone,
presuming that she was making herself available to be picked up or
even a prostitute (similar to the 'no visible means of support' laws
in some rural areas in the '30s) so they wouldn't serve them, or even
allow them in the restaurant. My wife still won't eat alone in a
sit-down restaurant, prefers drive-through where she can eat in the
car without feeling self-conscious. I, on the other hand, enjoy an
old-style diner where I can sit at the counter and eat, have the
waitress refill the coffee regularly, be leisurely and even spread
out a bit, occupying the space next to myself. I too usually have a
book (sometimes more than one) and I can be found there, reading by
the hour at times."

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Lenona.