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God, I miss brunch.

Brunch was so effortless when I was in a couple. Now that I'm single, it's so hard to come by. I even tried to invite myself to brunch with my coupled friends but they didn't want me being a third wheel. Brunch is what couples do. I miss the eggs bennies, I miss the hash browns, I even miss the holiday's sauce. And fresh-squeezed orange juice and Mimosas! How do you people who have been single forever deal with it??

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by Anonymousreply 157June 24, 2020 11:59 AM

Holiday sauce? Gotta be an American thing. What on earth is it?

by Anonymousreply 1April 3, 2011 9:02 AM

Hollandaise sauce, R2.

by Anonymousreply 2April 3, 2011 9:09 AM

Er, I mean R1. Sorry, wine has rendered me incapable of counting past zero.

by Anonymousreply 3April 3, 2011 9:10 AM

Holiday's sauce?

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 4April 3, 2011 9:21 AM

'Holiday's sauce' = lame, obvious

by Anonymousreply 5April 3, 2011 9:27 AM

Holiday's sauce is never going to be the new Graxy, OP. Never.

by Anonymousreply 6April 3, 2011 9:34 AM

I just go out and order brunch. Easy.

by Anonymousreply 7April 3, 2011 9:37 AM

Thanks, enjoy your wine!

by Anonymousreply 8April 3, 2011 9:39 AM

Invite all your single friends and make a party!%0D %0D

by Anonymousreply 9April 3, 2011 9:41 AM

Your friends are complete assholes if they can't make room for you at a brunch table. I seriously hope you're joking, OP.

by Anonymousreply 10April 3, 2011 12:21 PM

"Holiday sauce" is actually a white trash name for hollandaise.

by Anonymousreply 11April 3, 2011 12:34 PM

OP, you are not very bright. "Holiday's sauce?" OMG. I bet you say "Let me axe you a question," too, don't you?

by Anonymousreply 12April 3, 2011 12:36 PM

Maybe there's an app for your iPad2 that simulates the brunch experience.

by Anonymousreply 13April 3, 2011 12:40 PM

OP, you sound very needy.

And fat.

by Anonymousreply 14April 3, 2011 12:43 PM

I agree OP. Your friends sound like asses. I know that brunch is the "morning after" romantic time to moon at one another, but honestly! %0D %0D And think about it. Maybe you're projecting. Maybe it's not the other couple but you feeling self-conscious and blue because you are single and feeling sad and nostalgic for good times that probably weren't all that.%0D %0D As for brunch itself, get your favorite newspaper or magazine or a good book, and take yourself to brunch. If you want to avoid the couples on Sunday routine, then go to brunch on Saturday. Alone. You'll be fine. Lots of people do it.%0D %0D OTOH, you can be nice to yourself and fix brunch at home. Put on your favorite music, get your reading materials or a movie you want to see, and set a nice table for yourself. Then enjoy! But do quit whining...and look up recipes for Hollandaise. It's surprisingly easy.

by Anonymousreply 15April 3, 2011 12:58 PM

What R15 said. I'm single and it doesn't stop me to cook a real nice brunch on Sunday mornings. During the summer, I'll walk to a nice cafe near my house, just early enough (or late enough) to avoid the crow and enjoy the sun. It's a simple way to pamper yourself.

by Anonymousreply 16April 3, 2011 1:17 PM

Holiday's sauce? Another Chelsea boy reveals himself.

by Anonymousreply 17April 3, 2011 1:23 PM

[quote]As for brunch itself, get your favorite newspaper or magazine or a good book, and take yourself to brunch.

Don't you think I've tried that? I was looked at like I was crazy. The host kept asking, "Brunch, for one? Really? No, you mean two, right?" That was when I just said, "Who am I kidding?" and went home. :(

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by Anonymousreply 18April 3, 2011 1:26 PM

"Brunch is what couples do."

Was there a law passed?

by Anonymousreply 19April 3, 2011 1:28 PM

"The host kept asking, "Brunch, for one? Really? No, you mean two, right?"

That never happened outside your imagination.

by Anonymousreply 20April 3, 2011 1:29 PM

OP why don't you make a brunch yourself and invite who you want? Why wait for someone else to do it? If you don't cook, or don't have the space nor friends who will go out for brunch - look for a fund raiser brunch (spring is the time for them) for a non-profit you can support and go - mingle - eat - talk - maybe you will make some single friends who have some common interests. I agree - now that I'm old, married, tired and work to many hours I miss brunch as well - on a lazy Sunday with nothing to do - nothing better.

by Anonymousreply 21April 3, 2011 1:29 PM

Have a pot-luck brunch at your house & invite all your single friends. And don't forget that poor crow that R16 avoids.

by Anonymousreply 22April 3, 2011 1:30 PM

You have no single friends? You paired off friends sound like cunts.

by Anonymousreply 23April 3, 2011 1:33 PM

[quote]Holiday's sauce? Another Chelsea boy reveals himself.

OK, ENOUGH about the holiday's sauce. It's not like I've ever seen the word in print before. The menus don't list out every single ingredient so I was just going by fonetics. And no, I don't live in Chelsea, physic at R17. Not even close. I live in West Village. Now can we just go back to talking about brunch?

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by Anonymousreply 24April 3, 2011 1:35 PM

How dare you call r17 a laxative.

by Anonymousreply 25April 3, 2011 1:38 PM

It would be so nice!

by Anonymousreply 26April 3, 2011 1:39 PM

Physic, OP/R24? Just when I was beginning to feel sorry for you.

by Anonymousreply 27April 3, 2011 1:40 PM

This reminds me of my friend's favorite gay rights rallying cry:

"What do we want?!?"

"Gay Rights!!!"

"When do want 'em?!?"

"After brunch!!!"

by Anonymousreply 28April 3, 2011 1:41 PM

"physic"%0D %0D %0D Oh,dear.

by Anonymousreply 29April 3, 2011 1:42 PM

Is the crow blocking the route to the brunch place? Why can't you just walk around it? Why plan your schedule to avoid a stupid bird? Just kick it out of the way.

by Anonymousreply 30April 3, 2011 1:42 PM

"It's not like I've ever seen the word in print before. " Then either a) you really don't go out to brunch that often (if at all) or b) you are Stevie Wonder.

by Anonymousreply 31April 3, 2011 1:43 PM

[quote]During the summer, I'll walk to a nice cafe near my house, just early enough (or late enough) to avoid the crow I hate that fucking crow, too. He's a rancid whore.

by Anonymousreply 32April 3, 2011 1:44 PM

[quote]... fonetics

That's pretty funny, OP -- very subtle.

by Anonymousreply 33April 3, 2011 1:45 PM

"fonetics"??

OH, OH, dear!

by Anonymousreply 34April 3, 2011 1:48 PM

Is this the Brunch Troll striking again?

by Anonymousreply 35April 3, 2011 1:48 PM

Now R16 knows how I feel to be made fun of because of our spelling. :(

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by Anonymousreply 36April 3, 2011 1:51 PM

The host kept asking, "Brunch, for one? Really? No, you mean two, right?"

Because this, of course, is what restaurant personnel do to chase business away.

And I guess OP has never considered the millions of travelers who go to brunch by themselves, like adults will do, without curling up into a ball in anxiety.

OP is obviously a troll who was drunk DL-ing. He posted just so he could pretend that he once had a boyfriend.

by Anonymousreply 37April 3, 2011 1:57 PM

I fucking hate brunch. Screaming babies, dull conversation, tedious couples and overly peppy women in pastel capri pants as far as the eye can see. It's even worse when restaurants offer up "jazz brunch" with some sad bastards squished in the corner, tooting on their horns.

The only thing brunch has going for it is booze.

by Anonymousreply 38April 3, 2011 1:59 PM

Yes r38! I went to one back in the 80's that had a clown going from table to table, harassing the diners.

by Anonymousreply 39April 3, 2011 2:04 PM

Phew! Good thing you explained that for us, R37!

by Anonymousreply 40April 3, 2011 2:07 PM

How could you possibly be single, OP?

by Anonymousreply 41April 3, 2011 2:20 PM

We used to go to Sunday brunch at a Chinese restaurant in Calif. Big beautiful room with high ceilings and koi ponds. They did offer mimosas & bloody marys, but none of the other traditional American brunch items -- lots of variety, all excellent (I fondly remember the little steamed buns filled with sweet bean paste). I miss that.

by Anonymousreply 42April 3, 2011 2:24 PM

Obviously, OP's bf dumped him because he would embarrass him by ordering "holiday's sauce" at brunch.

by Anonymousreply 43April 3, 2011 2:27 PM

[quote]OP is obviously a troll who was drunk DL-ing. He posted just so he could pretend that he once had a boyfriend.

Oh, how I wish I were just a troll. Then I could just go on my mary way to brunch. Hey, maybe I could take up the Brunch Troll roll mentioned by R35. But realistically I'm just a guy who misses his brunch. I'm so desperate that I'm even considering asking a male friend to brunch. We'll just be two guys rockin' brunch bro-style.

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by Anonymousreply 44April 3, 2011 2:29 PM

Personally, I like the faheetas and I always get expresso.

by Anonymousreply 45April 3, 2011 2:30 PM

"maybe I could take up the Brunch Troll roll "

Don't forget the butter for your role.

by Anonymousreply 46April 3, 2011 2:33 PM

I'm a fan of the Eggs Bend Dick, but I skip the Holiday's Sauce. Calories, you know.

by Anonymousreply 47April 3, 2011 2:34 PM

Nobody likes a smartass, R45.

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by Anonymousreply 48April 3, 2011 2:35 PM

Instead of Brunch, let's create a combination of lunch and breakfast.

Leakfest!

by Anonymousreply 49April 3, 2011 2:38 PM

"Leakfest!"

I believe most nursing homes serve this meal every day. Depends, of course.

by Anonymousreply 50April 3, 2011 2:41 PM

I like to drink bergin and water when I have holiday sauce.

by Anonymousreply 51April 3, 2011 2:42 PM

In the olden days, we single guys would go to the baths for brunch.

by Anonymousreply 52April 3, 2011 2:43 PM

Make your own!

by Anonymousreply 53April 3, 2011 2:44 PM

[quote] Holiday sauce? Gotta be an American thing. What on earth is it?

Actually, it's a Dutch thing. The correct term is Holland Days sauce.

by Anonymousreply 54April 3, 2011 2:52 PM

OP_, read R38! He is absolutely poetic in his hilarious description of Real Life Brunch experiences. %0D %0D FYI: Brunch is a drag...no pun intended. Especially Sunday brunch. What I've seen is harried families with unruly children, blue-haired grannies with stressed out, but dutiful sons and daughters, and some First daters who look awkward, bemused and ridiculous. %0D %0D There's a lot of waitstaff rushing around, looking harrassed and rushing people thru their meals. It's loud, and inconvenient, and I hate the lines and the noise. %0D %0D I run around all week. When I go out, usually on Saturday, I go alone, and I bring something to read and I avoid "prime time." A lot more restaurants serve menus that have "brunch-like" selections. %0D %0D If I have a "date" I usually stay in. Yes. We make our own brunch...and then some. If it's a first date type thing it's too soon for that type of thing.

by Anonymousreply 55April 3, 2011 2:53 PM

R42 had more fun because din sum is always better than brunch.

And the Chinese people never inflict music or clowns on those dining.

by Anonymousreply 56April 3, 2011 2:56 PM

r25:

The Koran came after the bible and many events were borrowed from the bible.

Islam acknowledges jesus.

I don't.

Maybe the first edition of the Koran was printed before the Bible, I don't know. But it took many years to scrub the bible before being printed in English.

by Anonymousreply 57April 3, 2011 3:00 PM

[quote]First daters who look awkward, bemused and ridiculous.

Why would they choose their first date to be at brunch? I've heard of people having lunch dates to be more informal but having a breakfast date is just too cheap. It's basically saying you couldn't be bothered.

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by Anonymousreply 58April 3, 2011 3:03 PM

What's a laxative got to do with the Koran and Bible.

by Anonymousreply 59April 3, 2011 3:08 PM

OP is there a dictionary function on your IPad 2? If not, perhaps the money would have been better spent buying a dictionary and learning to spell, and/or how to use a dictionary.

by Anonymousreply 60April 3, 2011 3:08 PM

"The host kept asking, "Brunch, for one? Really? No, you mean two, right?"

I completely believe this really happened!

by Anonymousreply 61April 3, 2011 3:13 PM

Sorry, R60. I'm still getting used to not having a psychical keyboard so I'm pecking, pecking, pecking. Typing is just he'll on this thing and it autofills for you. But I still love it and wouldn't trade it for the world, well, maybe except for brunch. I highly recommend you get one. It will change your life! It has FaceTime too!!!

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by Anonymousreply 62April 3, 2011 3:21 PM

[quote]I'm so desperate that I'm even considering asking a male friend to brunch. We'll just be two guys rockin' brunch bro-style. %0D %0D I'm officially calling bullshit on this.%0D %0D OP was whining because his friends wouldn't go to brunch, yet now he says he's desperate enough to ask a friend to brunch.%0D %0D BUSTED!%0D %0D No wonder you have no firends and no prospects. You are L-A-M-E.

by Anonymousreply 63April 3, 2011 3:27 PM

[quote]I fucking hate brunch. Screaming babies, dull conversation, tedious couples and overly peppy women in pastel capri pants as far as the eye can see. It's even worse when restaurants offer up "jazz brunch" with some sad bastards squished in the corner, tooting on their horns.%0D %0D The only thing brunch has going for it is booze.%0D %0D LOL! Thank you for the laugh R38!

by Anonymousreply 64April 3, 2011 3:32 PM

[quote]I went to one back in the 80's that had a clown going from table to table, harassing the diners.%0D %0D I cannot. stop. laughing.%0D %0D I just picture someone trying to take a bite of their food, and the clown running up behind them and tooting a horn so the food goes flying everywhere, and then spraying people in the face with a seltzer bottle.

by Anonymousreply 65April 3, 2011 3:32 PM

[quote] inconvenient, and I hate the lines and the noise. %0D %0D The LINES?%0D %0D WTF?%0D %0D Do you eat brunch in a cafeteria?

by Anonymousreply 66April 3, 2011 3:36 PM

There are places where you have to wait your turn, r66. How do you type with your knee jerking that badly?

by Anonymousreply 67April 3, 2011 3:39 PM

Wait your turn for what? I dine in a chair at a table. A waiterstaffer takes my order and brings me food and drink.%0D %0D No line.%0D %0D Do you eat at the Kiddie Korral?

by Anonymousreply 68April 3, 2011 3:44 PM

Skip brunch. Take a class in remedial English instead.

I don't want to live in a world where one hasn't seen the word "hollandaise" in print before. (One finds it in other places besides menus. Like -- oh, let's think, what about...books?)

by Anonymousreply 69April 3, 2011 3:54 PM

Wait your turn to be seated, numbnuts. It happens sometimes in popular places.

by Anonymousreply 70April 3, 2011 4:26 PM

"I don't want to live in a world where one hasn't seen the word "hollandaise" in print before."%0D %0D

by Anonymousreply 71April 3, 2011 4:55 PM

No one likes you OP. I'd bet that your ex is still having a full social life. I have a partner who no one likes. None of our friends ever calls him; they call me. None of our friends ever emails him; they email me. When I dump him he will be as lonely and bitter as you are. I will still have all the friends that "we" have now.

by Anonymousreply 72April 3, 2011 5:05 PM

I guess if you live in a one-restaurant town, there's a wait to be seated for brunch.

by Anonymousreply 73April 3, 2011 5:07 PM

[quote]I'm still getting used to not having a psychical keyboard so I'm pecking, pecking, pecking. %0D %0D You'd better get one OP; maybe it can predict when you will meet someone who will take you to brunch. Or learn English.

by Anonymousreply 74April 3, 2011 5:15 PM

OP, if you were serious about the host giving you a hard time because it was just you eating, I have a suggestion for you. Don't eat at that restaurant! Fuck them!

I've been single for a few years now and have no problem eating alone in a restaurant. Bring a book or newspaper. Sit at the bar if there is one. Who gives a shit how it looks if you're eating alone? And why do you want to eat in a noisy and crowded restaurant? I've never yet eaten at a breakfast place that had lines where it was worth the wait. In my experience, the people who go there are mostly interested in being seen at a trendy place. If the place gets busy and you feel you really have to eat there, go when they first open or after the rush.

Basically, OP, grow a pair and stop giving a shit what other people think when they see you eating alone. Or stay home and whine to DL if you want, while eating Pop Tarts.

by Anonymousreply 75April 3, 2011 5:23 PM

There was a horrible line for the brunch buffet at the Golden Corral this morning. I think I'll try Old Country Buffet next week.

by Anonymousreply 76April 3, 2011 5:54 PM

[quote]Then I could just go on my mary way to brunch.

Can't decide whether this is another of OP's malapropisms or a clever comment on those who brunch. Stupid or subtle? Kind of like his reference to "fonetics".

by Anonymousreply 77April 3, 2011 6:52 PM

R22 - What I enjoy is the quiet of a lazy brunch by myself, when I am on my own. It doesn't mean I don't enjoy eating with huge bunch of friends or a great Sunday roast dinner with my parents, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, their spouses and my 2 nieces (got a nephew coming out in July!). Having a bit of "me only" time doesn't mean you're asocial.

by Anonymousreply 78April 3, 2011 6:54 PM

Shit - I know how to spell 'hollandaise' and mistake 'crow' and 'crowd'. At least, I enjoy my brunch this morning...

by Anonymousreply 79April 3, 2011 7:01 PM

"It will change your life! "

Maybe, but it certainly has an affect on your mastery of English.

by Anonymousreply 80April 3, 2011 8:58 PM

[quote]OP, if you were serious about the host giving you a hard time because it was just you eating, I have a suggestion for you. Don't eat at that restaurant! Fuck them!

The host wasn't giving me a hard time at all. He just wanted to make sure that he heard right because I guess he always get 2-tops so he wanted to double-check that someone would say 1. I guess the tone of what he said doesn't come off well in print. But that just made me more self-conscience than I already was so I had to leave. But I did go back today and the same host didn't even recognize me. More on that later...

[quote]Maybe, but it certainly has an affect on your mastery of English.

This is all the autofiller's fault. My English is actually quiet well.

[quote]I guess if you live in a one-restaurant town, there's a wait to be seated for brunch.

You are an idiot. What brunch place worth it's eggs bennies doesn't have a line out the door? And NYC isn't a one-restaurant town, dumbass.

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by Anonymousreply 81April 3, 2011 11:15 PM

[quote]Oh, how I wish I were just a troll.

I love that the OP clearly knows how to use the subjunctive mode and yet STILL pretends he didn't know the term wasn't "holiday's sauce."

by Anonymousreply 82April 3, 2011 11:24 PM

Oh, and now for the good news you've all been waiting for. I did have brunch this morning, albeit a late one, with a law school friend who also just broke up with his girlfriend. And yes, we did wait in a line (rolls eyes). He kept saying how great it was to be having brunch again. But he was also very self-conscience and kept asking, "It's not weird that two guys are having brunch, right? That's not weird." I insured him that it was not. We had such a great time that he asked me if I wanted to see a Broadway show with him next week. He had two tickets to Mama Mia that he bought for his girlfriend but now that they're broken up he has no one to go with. I was taken aback and reluctant but he kept saying that if two bros can rock brunch, then two dudes can do Broadway dude-style. So I guess I have a Broadway man-"date" next Saturday night. Hopefully that would lead to another brunch. :)

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by Anonymousreply 83April 3, 2011 11:24 PM

This is a fun thread.

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by Anonymousreply 84April 3, 2011 11:38 PM

R82, uh, maybe because I'm not retarded? There's a difference between a typo and not knowing proper grammer. So you can shove it up your school marm ass and go to he'll!

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by Anonymousreply 85April 3, 2011 11:50 PM

I don't understand..just go to brunch by yourself OP. It's not rocket science.

by Anonymousreply 86April 3, 2011 11:55 PM

"My English is actually quiet well."

Yes, ladies & germs, he'll be here all week.

by Anonymousreply 87April 4, 2011 2:14 AM

Why do I get the feeling the expression 'God, I miss brunch' is going to stick, for many, many years?%0D %0D Well done, OP, you've got a classic on your hands!

by Anonymousreply 88April 4, 2011 2:23 AM

While everyone is (justifiedly) picking apart OP's grammar, no one comments on the fact that he keeps bringing up how there is something weird about 2 guys going to brunch together.

by Anonymousreply 89April 4, 2011 2:41 AM

Spelling "hollandaise sauce" as "holiday's sauce" is not "a simple typo."

by Anonymousreply 90April 4, 2011 3:02 AM

You should have had Eggs, Scrambled, and Toast.

by Anonymousreply 91April 4, 2011 3:02 AM

"So I guess I have a Broadway man-"date" next Saturday night. Hopefully that would lead to another brunch. :)" it does--just be prepared to swallow before as well during brunch.

by Anonymousreply 92April 4, 2011 4:05 AM

I'm beginning to think OP is putting us on. Few people are really that ignorant -- this side of Wasilla.

And how about the gem where she said "I don't live in Chelsea, physic at [R17]. Not even close. I live in West Village." Obviously oblivious to the fact that Chelsea and the West Village immediately abutt each other.

Oh, dear to the max.

by Anonymousreply 93April 4, 2011 4:39 AM

"he kept saying that if two bros can rock brunch, then two dudes can do Broadway dude-style"%0D %0D I have a feeling that OP is raiding a quotes site!

by Anonymousreply 94April 4, 2011 6:29 AM

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by Anonymousreply 95April 4, 2011 2:07 PM

OP's premise is from an episode of How I Met Your Mother.%0D %0D And by the way, brunch is not for real couples. It's for newly dating couples in the early stages of hooking up, laying around all Sunday morning in bed, and then going out for some sustenance before going back to one of their apartments for more sex.%0D %0D True couples have shit to do on the weekends.

by Anonymousreply 96April 4, 2011 2:35 PM

I'm single. My circle of friends collapsed about a year ago (due to many reasons).%0D %0D I still go to brunch. I just go by myself and bring a good book to read.%0D %0D I enjoy it.%0D %0D I don't understand people who refuse to go out to eat by themselves. I do all the time and don't think anything of it. In fact, it's my "quiet time" where I get to read and just enjoy myself with some good food... and as such, I really look forward to it, and actually get a little annoyed if I run into someone I know out at the restaurant, and they insist I sit with them or they join me.%0D %0D

by Anonymousreply 97April 4, 2011 2:38 PM

[quote]Obviously oblivious to the fact that Chelsea and the West Village immediately abutt each other.%0D %0D Interesting observation, Sherlock.%0D %0D I'll be very interested to see how this whole God/brunch thing works out.%0D %0D Personally, I wouldn't go and sit and have brunch on my own in a busy restaurant. I wouldn't want people to feel sorry for me or to feel sorry for myself, for that matter..

by Anonymousreply 98April 4, 2011 3:56 PM

OP, have you tried posting an ad on Craiglist? Something about a desperate loner looking to have brunch with an ugly, disease-ridden stranger. You could spend the night before having wild, unsafe sex and, in return, maybe he'd let you buy him brunch in the morning?

by Anonymousreply 99April 4, 2011 4:43 PM

OP - If you hate brunch by yourself - Join a Gay Meetup Brunch group. They exist in every town. Usually, the planner knows where to go to avoid the "family places" and have a lot of singles in attendance.

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by Anonymousreply 100April 4, 2011 5:17 PM

I forgot to say, the best part is the buddery crussonts they serve.

by Anonymousreply 101April 4, 2011 5:31 PM

What a fucking waste of carbon.

Brunch is and has ALWAYS been, at least for the gays, for you and your friends to get together and drink (unlimsy mimsies, honey!) and dish the dirt. In fact, I can hardly recall ANY occasions in the past 8 years that I've lived in New York, or the 4 years in San Francisco before that, where a significant other was present. Brunch is Girls Day Out, honey.

You are a pathetic troll and you are REALLY bad at it...

by Anonymousreply 102April 4, 2011 5:35 PM

[quote]You are a pathetic troll and you are REALLY bad at it...%0D %0D O, my goodness. This is getting really harsh. %0D %0D I don't think he deserves quite such harsh treatment. Really, I do not. Cool it, baby!

by Anonymousreply 103April 4, 2011 5:45 PM

The sky was so blue that day, the day of my last brunch...

by Anonymousreply 104April 4, 2011 6:07 PM

OP brunches at Shoney's.

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by Anonymousreply 105April 4, 2011 11:57 PM

God, I miss Easter Brunch.

by Anonymousreply 106April 24, 2011 9:51 PM

who in the hell takes their ipad to lunch?

by Anonymousreply 107April 25, 2011 1:26 AM

OP, use your ASS! By that, I mean, of course, the one you used in "dumbASS" to spell "ASSured" correctly when you say:

"I insured him it was not." incorrect

"I assured him it was not." correct

God, I miss decent English!

by Anonymousreply 108April 25, 2011 6:54 AM

Any waiter who questions more than once whether or not a customer is there alone for brunch is in a terrible lack of professionalism. The waitstuff, specifically the usher, should ask only once about the number of people that will join you. And that should be ALL.

I've been single for a while now, and I've always treated myself to brunch on Saturday morning. Occasionally, a friend or two who know my Sat. morning routine would ask if they can tag along, and they are always welcome. It can be a good time to be with friends.

OP, I guess what you're missing is more the relationship, and possibly the friendships that come with it, than brunch itself. But you've got to learn to love yourself enough to enjoy being alone and appreciate it while you are still single. Because you'll miss all these years of being single and having so much time for yourself the next time you enter a relationship.

by Anonymousreply 109April 25, 2011 7:12 AM

God, I wish OP would die in a brunch fire.

by Anonymousreply 110April 25, 2011 7:17 AM

[R110]

Oh, come on. Can we stop being cruel?

by Anonymousreply 111April 25, 2011 7:30 AM

God, I miss smart brunch.

by Anonymousreply 112June 30, 2012 9:50 PM

[quote]What brunch place worth it's eggs bennies ...

No apostrophe for the possessive, dear.

by Anonymousreply 113June 30, 2012 10:32 PM

Pity Party of One

by Anonymousreply 114July 1, 2012 12:52 AM

Brunch is OK for singles:

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by Anonymousreply 115July 1, 2012 1:05 AM

How does one become self-conscience?

by Anonymousreply 116July 1, 2012 11:10 AM

LOL. I love the brunch crow.

by Anonymousreply 117July 1, 2012 12:01 PM

Have brunch alone; anything is better than sitting around a bunch of drunking queens, quaffing booze midday, shoving food around on their plates because they, "don't eat carbs" or some BS like that...

by Anonymousreply 118July 1, 2012 12:50 PM

The "drunking queens" should also avoid the brunch crow.

by Anonymousreply 119July 1, 2012 1:00 PM

I never thought about it before but I've never gone to brunch with someone I was fucking, just with friends and female relatives.

I also had Sunday brunch one time at some place on Bear Mountain that had a clown going from table to table "entertaining" us, but it didn't strike me as the sort of place that gay lovers would frequent.

by Anonymousreply 120July 1, 2012 1:16 PM

Ooh, I havnt had holiday sauce in forever.

by Anonymousreply 121July 1, 2012 1:19 PM

[quote]I'm still getting used to not having a psychical keyboard so I'm pecking, pecking, pecking.

Omigod! With this sentence, OP has outed himself as being that obnoxious annoying crow so many of us have come to detest encountering at brunch!

Why don't you just get your cawing feathered ass back to the cornfield where it belongs and stay there, OP? Away with you! Scat!!!

by Anonymousreply 122July 1, 2012 1:22 PM

Corn? When did I eat corn?

by Anonymousreply 123July 1, 2012 1:23 PM

The brunch crow. The short white guy in the background is the host, still asking "Brunch, for one? Really? No, you mean two, right?".

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by Anonymousreply 124July 1, 2012 1:50 PM

It just isn't brunch without the brunch crow.

by Anonymousreply 125July 1, 2012 2:47 PM

You don't have any single friends who are up for brunch? I'm asking because I was much more likely to go out for brunch when I was single.

by Anonymousreply 126July 1, 2012 3:02 PM

Another Sunday, another missed brunch. (sign) :(

Sent from the new iPad

by Anonymousreply 127July 1, 2012 8:08 PM

Brunch is overrated.

Sent from my iPad 4.

by Anonymousreply 128July 1, 2012 10:47 PM

Uh, there is no such thing as an iPad 4, R128. Stop lying.

by Anonymousreply 129July 1, 2012 11:00 PM

OP, I have missed you babe. Hope you a coping well and have some sort of brunch in your future. After all, tomorrow never knows.

By the way, how'd hanging out with your straight fiend end up going?

by Anonymousreply 130July 1, 2012 11:10 PM

Used to go to a champagne brunch ever Sunday at St. Peter's Cafe in the French Quarter. Was so relaxing.

by Anonymousreply 131July 3, 2012 10:02 PM

[quote] I even miss the holiday's sauce...

God, I missed this thread!

by Anonymousreply 132July 3, 2012 10:26 PM

God, I forgot how much I miss brunch.

by Anonymousreply 133December 14, 2013 6:52 AM

God, I miss the brunch crow.

by Anonymousreply 134September 15, 2014 9:32 PM

NOW it's the ipad 4.

by Anonymousreply 135September 15, 2014 9:38 PM

Our group gathers every month or two for brunch. Everyone is invited, couple and singles. Great way to socialize, catch up on the latest drama, and best of all, no clean up. And afterwards, there's still a lot of the day left for whatever.

by Anonymousreply 136September 15, 2014 9:41 PM

I have brunch all the time with friends, by myself and sometime family. What the heck does being part of a couple have to do with brunch?

by Anonymousreply 137September 15, 2014 9:52 PM

Agree 100% with R137. You want to go to brunch, go to brunch. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner; perhaps - if you're a bit shy which I am - not in a super-snotty restaurant but otherwise - why not. It IS more fun to go with someone to brunch, I agree, but not vital.

Or as R136 says, and as my 2nd best friend, in SF-Bay Area does, go to brunch with 1, 2, 3 friends. He's single but happily goes to lunch with other single friends (mainly women) almost every weekend.

(Sigh - I miss SF!!)

by Anonymousreply 138September 15, 2014 10:52 PM

Brunch is for jerks!

by Anonymousreply 139October 10, 2014 2:26 PM

I dislike brunch, because the timing is off kilter and it effs up my bowel movements.

by Anonymousreply 140October 10, 2014 3:30 PM

In the 90s my friend hosted a weekly brunch where several of her lively, single girlfriends with great personalities would show up.

Being closeted to myself, I welcomed a chance to hang out with a group of safe, fun women. I began to think I was part of my friend's large circle of friends.

At my last brunch (it was at Sambo's), I snuck out to share a doobie with a gal who looked like a more austere version of Lisa Loeb.

I returned to my table to hear the host yell,

"Joey Brill does NOT smoke pole; he just hates fat girls."

You could hear dozens of castors squeak and groan as all of the chairs turned in my direction. Eyes, many made up with five colors of shadow, glared at me.

"Julie's right. I am not a homosexual. I just don't like obesity."

My closet was intact, but my weekly brunch died.

by Anonymousreply 141October 10, 2014 4:26 PM

Apparently, brunch is trashy now. God, I miss brunch.

by Anonymousreply 142February 21, 2017 8:59 PM

Is this an episode of "Perfect Strangers "?

by Anonymousreply 143February 21, 2017 10:07 PM

An IPad will change your life because unlike other tablets you simply turn and start to use with the iPad you need to synch it up with your iTunes account....UGH. I got one as a gift as was happy but I hate iTunes, they keep updating to the point that I just stopped using it so I don't remember my pass code. Yes I can open another account but I also don't like the idea of all of my stuff being put into 1 place. I don't like apple for many reasons namely that one.

by Anonymousreply 144February 21, 2017 11:00 PM

OP Your doing it on purpose, or you're very ignorant. Tell you what, I live on the upper west side. I'll hop on the 7 bus, or 9 train and head your way and I'll MAKE you brunch myself. I used to hate eating alone but then I just did it lol. OP you ever heard of a Korean show "Let's Eat"....you'll love it.

by Anonymousreply 145February 21, 2017 11:02 PM

OP needs to to be sent to The Kelsey Grammar school.

by Anonymousreply 146February 21, 2017 11:16 PM

OP is straight. Notice he keeps saying how weird it is/looks for 2 guys to do brunch together. OP is a troll, a troll who I'd like too think brought us together, shaired a fyu laffs and had a grate tyme.

by Anonymousreply 147February 21, 2017 11:18 PM

DataLoungers, what does %OD mean? I'm seeing it a lot on here. Can you please tell me, not trying to come off as ignorant so my apologies.

by Anonymousreply 148February 21, 2017 11:21 PM

Thank goodness I've never the type that felt the need to have someone with me even when going into the fanciest restaurant for brunch or any other meal. I go with friends when I do but often I just want a nice quiet and peaceful meal out where I don't have to talk or listen to anyone else talk. I'm there for the food, not the company.

I'm lucky that as a child my parents allowed me to be very independent. By age 11 I was taking the subway or cabs by myself to see Broadway plays and films, also by myself, usually the Saturday matinee but sometimes the night performance. By then I was also allowed to go grocery shopping by myself, not only a help to my mother but you guessed it, I already loved to cook. No I was not nor am I now fat, maybe because I learned to cook and bake at an early age. I also shopped by myself and by 12 was an authorized user on my dad's credit cards. I never took advantage. If I was told I could buy a suit, that is all I bought. Or if I was told I could by some albums those were all I bought. I could be trusted. I grew up to be a responsible man and even today I never go crazy buying things or buy anything unnecessary and I still enjoy going out to eat by myself more than with friends. I don't take a book or a newspaper or even take out my phone to go online. I sit and enjoy my food. If you like brunch, OP, go for it.

by Anonymousreply 149February 22, 2017 1:37 AM

I hate that shit!

my ex and his "friends" would do brunch at some place on sundays and it was frankly just an excuse to drink too much in the day time. ruined the whole fucking day

by Anonymousreply 150February 22, 2017 1:38 AM

God, why can't I find another gay who wears basketball shorts and flip flops to go to brunch at IHOP with me?

by Anonymousreply 151November 10, 2017 5:00 PM

R149 = Peggy Perfect.

by Anonymousreply 152November 10, 2017 5:16 PM

Why is this thread not a DL classic on the order of Once Around the Garden?

Sent from my piece of shit LG V20.

by Anonymousreply 153November 10, 2017 5:38 PM

[quote]Holiday's sauce is never going to be the new Graxy, OP. Never.

How well I remember when graxy was never going to be the new cak.

by Anonymousreply 154November 10, 2017 5:41 PM

[quote]God, I miss brunch.

Sunday's coming. You don't have to miss it any longer.

by Anonymousreply 155November 11, 2017 12:27 AM

Bumping this one because it had me laughing until I cried, and I needed a good laugh-cry. R65 specifically had my in tears.

by Anonymousreply 156June 24, 2020 11:25 AM

[quote]Apparently, brunch is trashy now. God, I miss brunch.

Are you kidding, now it's fucking irresponsible!

by Anonymousreply 157June 24, 2020 11:59 AM
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