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more about #singletons Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: This sounds like something from Ally McBeal, except the woman would then sue the cardboard man for something insane and the lawyers would talk about h... more » Tartan_Tart: Jeez, Dodai, don't you know it's performance art? We're used to seeing restaurants a specific way, but this woman wanted to test our perceptions by b... more » Emily: I just broke up with my longtime boyfriend and I have very few friends with whom I rarely hang out, so I'm alone a lot. But I haven't worked up the co... more » TildeMarks: As a woman whose boyfriends official online persona is 'bauxboi', I find myself in similar dining situations every week. more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: You know something funny? You can be in a cozy relationship with a great person. You can go to dinner with that person and sit across from him/her, an... more » Ratinski: I've lived alone since I graduated from my masters program and moved 1500 miles from home. My family and closest friends are between 1500-3000 miles a... more » Casquivana: I have no judgment for this, and I don't see why anyone would. Of course, I'm an only child and I'm used to deal with situations where I have to do th... more » zoethebitch: Sometimes we want to be alone. But we never want to be lonely. more » Stellanova: I'd never judge anyone for doing this (although I think that an art project is the most likely backstory), but if it's not a stunt, it makes me sad. I... more » Residentdrunkgirl: You can't take your TV out to dinner with you just yet, but you can take your iPhone/iPod/iTouch with recently downloaded tv shows on it. more » Tiger_Eye: The only problem I have is she can't seem to remember which cardboard boyfriend she's out with today! Hussy. more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: When I was waiting tables I had a couple come in with two garbage bags and request a table for four with high chairs. They proceeded to remove about 2... more » stella_vegbik: I don’t have a lot of female friends nearby and I tend to shop alone, which really doesn’t bother me at all. I don’t know why, but I tend to get... more » funzette: "So how was your date with Peter?" "Well, he's got a gorgeous square jaw and paid for dinner, but he has the personality of a cardboard box!" more » Tchotchke: Aw, he's kind of cute, no? I lived alone for two years without roommates or pets and to be honest, it was very lonely at times. However, living alone... more » AfroJezeBella: I guess I can relate but I usually talk to myself in my head. Imaginary friends? Other personalities? I'm not sure what it'd be called. Even then, I ... more » GreyEminence: On a silly note, this totally reminds me of the 2nd "Brady Bunch" movie where Jan has the made-up boyfriend named George Glass. And she takes a manneq... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Totally an art project. And I love it. Plus it's totally possible she got fewer stares and less sympathy than she would have had she eaten dinner alone. more » madeofawesome: I got my friend a lifesize cardboard cutout of Zac Efron for her birthday last year. We talk to it. He's a creeper, because all he does is stare and s... more » madeofawesome: I vote the cutout's name was Stan and the woman in question was just taking part in an elaborate Flat Stanley experiment. more » -
#allthesingleladies
The Allure Of Having Dinner With A Cardboard Man
BoingBoing's Lisa Katayama writes of a woman in San Francisco who walked into a restaurant, requested a table for two, and unfolded a three-foot cardboard cutout of a man, with whom she had dinner. Art project? Maybe. Or: Loneliness. More » -
#itheedread
"Liberated Materialism" — Is It All An Unmarried Woman Has?
Former Gawker editor Doree Shafrir's story in today's New York Observer is about being an unmarried woman. Or more precisely, what people think of unmarried women. She writes: More »
