We live in such a coupled up world, we are naturally drawn to attending life's events with someone, anyone; as if to show up alone would be unbecoming. I see that all the time. People arrive to parties in pairs, sometimes three's and then they spend the entire evening talking to their companion(s). What's the point of showing up hoping to meet someone, make new friends if you'd rather spend the entire evening talking to your friend?
I don't get it. I have never gotten it. Maybe that's why I am drawn to going it alone. I vacation alone, travel alone, party alone and dine alone. And in my self time, I realize that you are more open to starting the rarest of conversations with all sorts of strangers. With that other lone person. You are open to communicating in the barest form, you have selfless conversations, you hear yourself smile at the slightest comments from that total stranger and you savor that moment as if partaking of a piece of life's fervors. I love it! I think everyone should get to around to it to love it, embrace it, try it, even if it's just that once.
I don't get it. I have never gotten it. Maybe that's why I am drawn to going it alone. I vacation alone, travel alone, party alone and dine alone. And in my self time, I realize that you are more open to starting the rarest of conversations with all sorts of strangers. With that other lone person. You are open to communicating in the barest form, you have selfless conversations, you hear yourself smile at the slightest comments from that total stranger and you savor that moment as if partaking of a piece of life's fervors. I love it! I think everyone should get to around to it to love it, embrace it, try it, even if it's just that once.
Will talking about it change the way people act towards it, maybe not. But who knows...
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