# Female Dopers: Would You Go to a Bar Alone at Night? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050 "2008-05-21T02:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/41 "2008-05-22T17:12:34Z")
[QUOTE=Jpal] I own a bar in Houston and there are single women in and out of the place all night. Don’t seem to be “desperate” or “barflies” either. Most just want a place to relax after a day in the office, surprise!, just like the men. It may be different in your local low-rent sports bars/beer joints. YMMV. [/QUOTE] I second the “which bar?” just out of curiosity since I live in Houston and did most of my bar-going here. My younger sister is single, and I know she hits lots of bars (usually with friends) here when she’s in town. ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/42 "2008-05-22T19:53:04Z")
[QUOTE=Staggerlee] What a fucking prick. I apologise for my ape-like gender. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Sometimes, I think I have zero game, then I hear about something like this and feel a lot better. Sorry to hear that, BB - I promise most of us have no interest in throat-holding. [/QUOTE] Thanks guys. Yeah it sucked and scared me shit-less. Well not literally. I have started to loose faith that there are any decent guys out there left. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jpal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Jpal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/43 "2008-05-23T05:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=BrknButterfly] I have started to loose faith that there are any decent guys out there left. ☹ [/QUOTE] I don’t even know what to say :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jpal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Jpal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/44 "2008-05-23T05:28:40Z")
[QUOTE=Jaade] Mind saying which bar? [/QUOTE] One of these: [Google Maps](http://tinyurl.com/47m94a)😛 I’m not comfortable giving the name out on an internet message board just yet, but if I decide to stay around and get to know this community I may start a Doper’s Drink Free sort of deal(some of you seem to be borderline alcoholics though so there’ll probably be a limit 😃 ). ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/45 "2008-05-23T05:57:42Z")
I’ll be doing this tomorrow night. Sort of. A friend of mine is playing in a band at a local cider house tomorrow after work, so I told him I’d swing by for a drink, listen to a couple of songs, and just say hi. It’s sort of on the way home for me, but out of the way for my husband, who has some commitments tomorrow evening anyway. So while I will know my friend, he’ll be busy jamming, and I’ll be on my own. It’s possible that I’ll run into someone I know, and probable that that someone is someone I met from hanging out in the local bars/pubs/cider houses. 😉 Still, I expect to be on my own, and I’m perfectly fine with that. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/46 "2008-05-23T19:21:22Z")
I haven’t done it in ages, but I enjoy it, as long as there’s a juke box and a pool table. I love to shoot pool. It’s a great way to pass the time and I love stranger chit-chat. ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/47 "2008-05-24T02:49:49Z")
[QUOTE=Jpal] I don’t even know what to say :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Well if you knew my dating history, you would understand the statement. Though that being said.. there isn’t even time or thread space for it all.. Though that being said.. what I have found is that all the good guys are taken and the ones that I seem to be finding are anything but decent. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/48 "2008-05-24T03:49:33Z")
Nope. I rarely drink, and never alone. Going to a bar has always been something I’ve done because that’s what friends wanted to do on a given night. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050/49 "2008-05-24T04:44:30Z")
[QUOTE=Jpal] I don’t even know what to say :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Um…why? Considering what she just said, it’s not surprising she’d be wondering where all the nice guys are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-would-you-go-to-a-bar-alone-at-night/450050.md?page=2)