I can't do that - they're watching!

[Davey Gaga]

The other night, I was out for a meal with my mum and dad. The restaurant was packed and so we were asked to be seated in the waiting area until a table was free for us. In the waiting area, we sat next to a man, who was alone, reading the paper. He was given a table before us and, soon after, we were also given a table - right next to this man.

I'm not entirely sure why, but I assumed that this man was on a date and was waiting for hs partner before ordering. However, the waitress came over and he ordered his starter, main course and dessert. He was out at the restaurant, eating alone.

I thought to myself - how strange is that? How sad must you be to go out to a restaurant on your own and have a meal at a table-for-four? And then I thought - you know, maybe he's been stopping himself from ever coming out because of what people, like me, would've thought. However, on this particular day, he didn't care. He was quite happy to eat out alone.

It got me thinking about times when I've deprived myself of doing something just incase someone thought it was strange and the stories are in abundance. By the end of the night, I was silently applauding that man.

Topic: Have you ever stopped yourself from doing something based on the possible thoughts of an onlooking stranger?

 

[Ezio Auditore]

Nah, can't say that I have really, i'm the type of person who'll do anything even if anyone is watching, like last weekend I was really bored in manchester so I decided to do the randomest and, most likely to other people, stupidest thing ever and walked through Piccadily Fountains whilst the were swtiched on! I was completely soaked but I couldn't have cared less that people were watching.

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

I'm sure everybody has tbh in some way or another.
I'm always doing things without thinking what others may think though. Don't know why but I just don't like being too 'normal'. I like to mix it up abit regardless.

 

[Dionysos]

I'm very much like that all the time... So much that it stops me doing alot of "normal" stuff as well.. I'm a paranoid, shy loser that doesn't have much of a life.... Oh well!
Great that that man was able to do that without worrying about what other people were thinking. I'd have congratulated him in my mind too.

 

[Moogles]

Topic: Have you ever stopped yourself from doing something based on the possible thoughts of an onlooking stranger?

Yesiree. All the time. I probably do that several times each day.

For instance! I was walking to class today when, all of a sudden, I got an intense itch in my groin area. I could have started scratching at it in the middle of the packed hallway, but I decided not to since I was afraid everyone would think I was playing with myself in public.

Bad example...seeing as it's just good manners not to scratch away at your junk in a setting like that. But still.

...when I think of something else, I'll be back.

 

[Bambi]

I'm prettty sure I have, although I know I wouldn't mind eating alone -if t was during the day

The only thing I really have issues with is PDA. I fucking hate that, I can bring myself to hold hands/have a cuddle, but I can quite live without it. I hate it. Although Im not sure if that's just me or I don't like the idea of people seeing and thinking 'soft twat' haha

I know I have said to people, don't do that, someone might see, although my memory fails me at the moment, but it's usually Army Guy. He realy couldn't give a fuck what people think which results in me going bright red

He's the kind of persion you wouldn't dare to streak across a busy town centre because he will fooking do it xD

 

[Casanova]

I've made myself look like a tit so many times in the past that I don't worry so much any more. There are extremes, of course, like running around in the nude or vacating oneself in public but other than that I think it's all fair game.

Just recently I went to the park with my mates (who are all 16 - 19 with the exception of one 29 year old) after the last day of college. We didn't care that all the kid's mothers were watching us with disgusted looks on their faces while were running all over the slides or jumping up and down on the see-saws. We were so relieved to finally have college over and done with.

 

[Davey Gaga]

Yesiree. All the time. I probably do that several times each day.

For instance! I was walking to class today when, all of a sudden, I got an intense itch in my groin area. I could have started scratching at it in the middle of the packed hallway, but I decided not to since I was afraid everyone would think I was playing with myself in public.

Bad example...seeing as it's just good manners not to scratch away at your junk in a setting like that. But still.

...when I think of something else, I'll be back.

Aaahahahah, I get that all the time. Those really intense itches. Or even when things sit ways they shouldn't and you just need to re-position some things. I always think, shit But then some folk just completely go for i (and some never leave the cocks alone ). I suppose, at the end of the day, we all have them and we should all respect how aggravating it can be if you don't fix yourself.

And, yet, we don't.

 

[Misty]

I never go to the cinema on my own, because it gives off the impression to other people that you really don't have any friends, plus, you'd be incredibly lonely..

 

[Bambi]

Oh god I never thought of that, there is no way Id ever go there alone haha, I couldn't go to the pub on my own either, just sat there like an old drunk on my stool so lonely and all alone, people would think I was a right sad act

If I arrange to meet someone at the pub I wait outside because I refuse to go in alone haha xD

 

[Blue Link]

Most of the time I do, but sometimes I just say "Fuck it! I don't care what they think! " Like one time, I had to pull up my zipper but it was stuck. I kept tugging on it and apparently it looked like I was doing something else (y'know what I'm talkin bout, haha) and I heard a girl behind me laughing. I was gonna explain...but then I just thought "nah, I'll let her think what she wants to think."...then I went back to my business. And I managed to get my zipper up too, so *victory fanfare*

 

[Davey Gaga]

I never go to the cinema on my own, because it gives off the impression to other people that you really don't have any friends, plus, you'd be incredibly lonely..

Oh god I never thought of that, there is no way Id ever go there alone haha, I couldn't go to the pub on my own either, just sat there like an old drunk on my stool so lonely and all alone, people would think I was a right sad act

If I arrange to meet someone at the pub I wait outside because I refuse to go in alone haha xD

You see, I'd never do that either - and why? It's all down to what someone else might think. You could fool yourself into believing "nah, I just feel like an idiot" but why? Why would you feel like an idiot? Because you'd feel as though people were judging you.

...not that anyone sees you on your own, other than the guy who sells the tickets.

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

For me it just depends who is watching me.

If it's friends or someone that I might see often I'll think about what I do before I do it just to make sure I don't make myself look like an idiot. But if it someone that I'm just passing by and I'll never see them again I don't really give a shit what they think...as long as I DON'T ever see them again. >.<

 

[Mitsuki]

Kissing in public really bothered me for quite a long time. I remember when I was still going out with my husband back then, he'd take me to the movies and try to sneak a kiss while we were in line. I'd always turn my head and murmur, "People are looking". Holding hands was also an issue for me back then, but I got over that quickly. Sometimes I'd let my husband kiss me in public now and it wouldn't bother me as much anymore, as long as the kiss is just a quick peck and not a full-on making out like you see a bunch of horny teenagers do in public.

 

[FF7Guru]

I wouldn't mind eating out alone. I wouldn't do Parkour in public, simply cause I'd look like a fool if I fell over.