Ever go without the "other half"?

[macraven]

Going solo is starting to look like an option for me. It's only been a couple of months and I'm itching to get back.

My two main concerns are: 1) Feeling a bit guilty about the $$ spent on me alone away from DH : and 2) Dining alone for the entire time.

How was dining alone for those that did it?

it went ok for me.

i preferred doing table service dining over counter service.
i could take my time when i dined alone at table service.
i would make notes on my park guide map of what i did and keep that to write up my trippie later for when i returned home.

counter service was only icky for me when the lines were crowded.
a few times i had to walk around before i found a table to sit at once i had my food.

i signed up for one of the dis groups that are mainly solos going to the motherland this fall.

that way i will join a few other disers for an evening meal for some of my days there.


i don't have guilt over leaving dh at home.
we do one big trip together each year and one smaller trip not far from home.

the secret to the longevity to my marriage is our time doing solo trips the other is not interested in doing.

 

[Simba's Mom]

How was dining alone for those that did it?

My reaction to dining alone has changed a lot over my many solo trips. On the first few solos, I stuck with CS. Then I decided I SHOULD be comfortable with TS (after all, other solos were) so I tried it. I just didn't feel comfortable at most places, so I went back to CS. But then I got sick of having no one to find a table (and standing with my tray looking frantically around) or eating at WAY off times so that tables would be available, so I dipped my toe back into the TS world. If I brought my sudoku puzzles, a notebook and pen, or something to read, I found after a while that I really enjoyed solo TS dining. My recommendation is, do what YOU feel comfortable doing, not what everyone else does. I found that lots of it was what I was used to at home. My first few solo trips were when the kids were younger and mealtime at home was busy and noisy. Now that we're empty nesters, I'm used to solo meals at home, since DH travels a lot, so solo dining at the world wasn't much different.

 

[Kennywife]

I'm going without the hubster to DL in early October with my sis and I feel a little bad about it, but he doesn't care for DL and I looove me some Disneyland!

Leesa (my cousin/sis) wanted to go so I'm taking her on my next writing assignment. I promised to bring hubby back a present.

Anna