When they asked me where I was going, I told them I was joining the army. Their eyes were almost popped out of their sockets and blood drained from their faces, like they just heard about alien invasion. They scurried home to pack and left for Mars. They couldn't believe what I told them as if I just came out from the asylum.
There's a difference between a guy or a girl having meal alone. We are paranoid lot. If people see you going somewhere alone, like if you're a woman and going to war for the sake of the country, they see you as real pathetic. Because normally, women are going anywhere with their companions. Whatever they do and wherever they go, there's always somebody, whoever, by their side. If you have nobody, you're freak and really pathetic.
"Oh, you're so pathetic."
Oh so pathetic. Sipping coffee while enjoying the freedom of roaming.
Then you'd hear: It's dangerous. People will shoot you or kidnap you. Snatch your gun. You shouldn't go alone.