Actually, yeah, I do like going out, even though I’m seen as something of an introvert. The sole exception - wedding receptions, which now seem to have the regimented itinerary of cruise ships, a sort of forced, manic “fun” that isn’t very.
Occasions where “going out” is enjoyable:
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[li]A million years ago when I was single, and eligible girls were rumored to be out[/li][li]Meeting a good friend[/li][li]Seeing a decent band[/li][li]Enjoying a great meal[/li][li]Showing somebody special something new.[/li][/ol]
Other than that… not much use for it.
I love going out, sometimes. I like to go to bars, go out to eat, sporting events and the like, sometimes. Other times it seems like too much trouble. I have to be in the mood to have fun, if there’s too much to do otherwise in my life, if I’m too tired, or just if the venue is new and I don’t know what to expect I’d rather just stay home.
This. Ambient noise or just loud noise so that conversation is impossible is so pointless to me. Nightclubs are utter torture. I like going out to a play, movie, concert, orinteresting restaurant though, although I think I experience ‘anticipatory anhedonia’ too.
Tomorrow we are going to have to take a train 1.25 hrs each way to see my husband’s friends… I’ll like seeing them once I’m there, but I’m having a hard time working up the enthusiasm for the experience. Doesn’t help that no one has bothered to make a clear plan and we are going to a city we don’t know well.
I wish more people were good at planning. I like planning.
I spent the better part of 25 years working and drinking in a local rock n roll venue. I burned my candle on both ends. Mostly these days, I stay home. I had a blast while it lasted, but now I’m quite content to go home and stay home. Especially in the full blast furnace of summer. Summer sucks.
Sometimes – it depends on my mood, or where I’m going. Sometimes I can’t wait to go out with my friends, other times I just want to veg out in front of the TV.
It’s all a balance.
I like going to museums or movies or plays, but only if they’re not crowded or a it’s special occasion. I’d never go to opening night for a movie, or to a new restaurant until the buzz for it dies down.
This is the season for family reunions and this year my wife and I both have class reunions. We’re usually the first ones to leave. Her reunion was OK until the band started playing, which made it really hard for us old-timers to talk to each other.
Sometimes I enjoy the drive to and from events more than going to the event.
See, that’s when the group I’m there to see ducks outside to “tune-up”. Another reason I love going out!
Aren’t we just so lucky to have the Arbiter of How It’s Done here to explain how someone’s doing karaoke all wrong. Don’t anyone tell him about extreme karaoke (where the DJ picks a song for you when it’s your turn and you have to wing it) or he’ll possibly have a small aneurysm.
I like it a lot more when I’m getting paid.
What do you really mean by “really”? How does “really” differ from really? (i.e., are you using quotation marks in an attempt to indicate emphasis or stress on that word?)
Dude, you are sounding so f’ing fun right now. We should go out sometime.
I prefer out but in the interest of full disclosure I just don’t like our house very much.
Yes it is. If you’re not keeping score how do you know if you’re better than the other people. Life is all about the score. I even keep score on my commute. How else would I know that I’m winning at life.
My wife and I love restaurants, when we can afford them. And I’ve done enough solo business trips that I’ve really come to enjoy restaurants (especially gourmet pizza places sitting at the bar) by myself with a book and the staff. My wife and I both love the repartee with restaurant staff, especially in higher (not high) end Quebec restaurants.
I also go to metal concerts by myself and in the last three years I’ve had a blast - Alice in Chains, in a small venue, twice; Judas Priest in an arena; and Black Sabbath in the same arena twice.
Other than that sort of thing, no.
Yes, I “really” do enjoy going out.
I don’t have a lot of money this decade, but I still go “out” at least twice a week. I go to live performances of plays, operas, musical theater and concerts (mostly bargain priced but usually very good), I always accept invitations to do stuff with friends or at their houses whenever they ask (which isn’t often), I go to the movies on bargain night, I eat at inexpensive restaurants, I visit parks, I go to lectures and presentations of various kinds, and I go to rehearsals and meetings (though maybe people would not count rehearsals and meetings as “going out.”)
Going to bars and to expensive restaurants is too pricey for the most part, so I have cocktail nights and dinner parties at home, but I have a hard time getting friends to come over as often as I would like.
Out is good, but everything and anything is what you make of it… and its my skin, so I better be happy with it. 
I honestly don’t like spending money I don’t have to, so I make a little go a long-but-great way. A DVD with friends with snacks & cocktails can be a cool thing, even if the snacks are trail mix or home grown or home cooked things. Sometimes take-out is fun too.
My house is small & my garage is full, so there’s no man-cave. I used to have decent backyard privacy until the new people behind me (lets call them “The Peepers” for their window staring, window performances, the lack of common [del]sense[/del]… [del]decency[/del] window shades or blinds) cut down all the brush that was there to demark the property line.
I’m thinking of getting some nice Green Giant Arborvitae through…