Nah, with you they’re thinking “Wow! This guy is finally getting a break from all the girls normally hanging around him. Must feel good!”
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I don’t mind doing stuff by myself. Well, certain things, anyway. My friends used to be horrified that my boyfriend and I would split up at the movie theatre to see seperate movies. I thought it was a clever solution to our problem of not liking the same movies. Eating with someone is nice because of the conversation, but unless I’m in a really nice restaurant, I don’t mind sitting alone and reading the paper.
I never feel like I need to take someone with me because of what people will think. I really couldn’t care less about the opinions of strangers.
On a related note, I often volunteer to do errands just to be alone. Due to the size of my family, I am almost never alone. Often I can’t even take a shower without someone banging on the door. Alone time is good.
I frequently go places by myself…I even went on holiday to Bucharest by myself. I did miss being able to do the “did you see…” thing & also being able to save spaces in queue at airport would have been sooo good…
I go to films on my own…it’s better than not seeing them…or seeing them on a tv without surround sound…
The thing that surprised a guy I used to give a lift to work to most was when I said I was going to an aerosmith concert & he said “who are you going with?” & whenn I told him no one…he was speechless…I’m not sure what he thinks happens at those concerts, but I think he was surprised to see me to pick him up on Monday!! :rolleyes: Men! Apart from for company on the journey there & back, once inside, you wouldn’t be able to hear anyone talk anyway!
I go to the movies by myself all the time too .To clubs or concerts i don’t go unless i’m meeting or going with someone.Going out to eat i’m mostly by myself.Geez i sound pretty pathetic myself.But that won’t stop me from catching some movie tomorrow on my day off.
Now that I think of it…
I went to Costa Rica by myself.
I was with a group of complete strangers. I was terrified and often lonely. Though I made some casual friendships within the group, I never became close to anyone; it takes too long for me to adjust to things like that.
I often sat alone on the planes since I had been put in the group so late. I would usually just ignore who I was by, but sometimes I would strike up conversations with whoever sat by me. Strangely, the only two times this happened was with a nine year-old girl from Pittsburgh to Texas and a woman who only spoke Spanish from Costa Rica to Texas. Odd, huh?
I’m up for a hockey game- got any good tickets? Perhaps to a Pens game? ::fingers crossed:: 
As for the OP, I like to go to the movies alone. I don’t do meals alone, tho. I always feel self-conscious about it. But sitting in a dark room with a bunch of strangers works just fine for me.
I go to concerts, to the movies, travel alone and yes, I do have friends. The thing is, I don’t give a flying fuck what people think when they see me alone. I sure as hell don’t think, “Gee, that guy sitting alone at the movies must be a serial killer!” :rolleyes:
More power to folks who aren’t afraid to do things on their own. Life’s too damn short to sit around waiting for people to do things with you. If I really want to see or do something and nobody’s up for it, I do it anyway. I am in no way to be pitied, since I’ve actually got the balls (so to speak) to do my thing, instead of staying home feeling sorry for myself. So, if that makes me a loser in some stranger’s eyes, then so be it.
Globe-Trotter, may I say “Ditto”! It amazes me to actually find people who’d give up an opportunity simply because they’d have to go alone. I can understand the hesitation, I suppose, but damn, get up, get out and get to it! Most people are too involved in their own lives to take particular notice of someone just because they are unaccompanied. I shudder to think of the things I’d have missed if I bowed out because I was flying solo that day!
Because it is basically announcing yourself as an unloved loser. But when having to choose between being an unloved loser who hasn’t seen the show/play/movie/restaurant/concert that you really wanted to see, or one that has had that experience, I generally choose the second.
And I would be lying if I said that people don’t notice. Some do - but not all that much.
But along the OP lines. I’ve gotten great tickets. Last minute - to shows that were technically “sold out.” Once front row dead center balcony. Once, on a weird day, 7th row back, main floor dead center, half price… (any closer and you would have been below the stage and not able to actually see anything) the brother of the guy next to me was a promoter or something - so he got great tickets to all the shows. And that night, his wife had eaten bad mayonaisse or something so he’d turned her ticket in - and it was resold. I was halfway back in line, but the first person not in a group - so I got it! And during intermissions, he told me stories of past shows he had seen, history about the theater, etc. Incredibly cool.
I’ll do pretty much anything by myself except bars and some clubs (which don’t feel safe), or movies on Friday night - unless I really really want to see it.
Let’s see…last concert I went to, I went by myself. Had a blast. Then again, I had 5th row seats…I wasn’t not going for ANYTHING.
I go out to eat by myself all the time. I bring a book, or just sit and watch people. I see no point in not going just because I’m alone. Don’t go to movies much, tho…mainly because I’m just lazy. shrug
And Maxie, if it’s for the Cotton Kings, you KNOW I’d go with ya.