Do you do things alone?

Olive8585

Such as go to restaurants, the cinema, gigs or pubs? Do you feel comfortable doing so? I'd consider myself pretty independent and often travel alone, wouldn't mind going to see a film alone, but would feel awkward going to a gig or a restaurant. I love food, but a big part of the experience is the company and conversation, and I think I'd just feel a bit lonely and anxious having a big sitdown meal on my own.

What about you?

cloud493

I do. Can't stand going with people, all the ****ing noise.

wretcheddomain

No, I'm popular.

In a pub, you're never alone with a newspaper.

wretcheddomain

Deleted User wrote: »

In a pub, you're never alone with a newspaper.

If that makes you feel better, great. The reality is you are alone, just alone with a piece of paper in your hand.

Doublelime

I'd never go to the cinema alone. Doesn't feel right. Enough reason for me is that what if I get jumped so I need a mate to back me up lol

Legs.Eleven

Deleted User wrote: »

In a pub, you're never alone with a newspaper.

Or the ability to pretend you're waiting for a friend by intermittently glancing at your non-existent watch and looking impatient.

The Backwards Man

I do most things alone, some because I have no one to do them with, and some because I don't want to do them with anyone else.

chuckyarelaw

Went to the cinema on my own once. Turned out I was the only one at that film. It was great.

Sh1tbag OToole

wretcheddomain wrote: »

If that makes you feel better, great. The reality is you are alone, just alone with a piece of paper in your hand.

In a room full of people who wish you'd stop taking up a seat, sipping an expensive pint of unhealthy slop from a cheap glass pulled by a barman who would rather be in bed, yet you hand over 3x the going rate for your pint for the privilege of being allowed to drink it in a pub even though there is no logical reason to do so.

Muise...

Thread needs a power ballad. It just doesn't know it needs it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0

Pompous

Yeah I do most things alone. I enjoy my own company (thankfully) and it's difficult to fully experience a moment with someone there to distract you. I'm also not a big fan of people, I find they are very overrated.

johnnykilo

Olive8585 wrote: »

Such as go to restaurants, the cinema, gigs or pubs? Do you feel comfortable doing so? I'd consider myself pretty independent and often travel alone, wouldn't mind going to see a film alone, but would feel awkward going to a gig or a restaurant. I love food, but a big part of the experience is the company and conversation, and I think I'd just feel a bit lonely and anxious having a big sitdown meal on my own.

What about you?

I've travelled on my own, gone to dinner on my own (occasionally while travelling) and gone to gigs on my own. To be honest all those things would have been better with others but if it's a choice between doing them alone or staying at home then I'd do them everytime! Life's too short to worry about these things.

freethearmy

pull the stones off myself

Sir Arthur Daley

Many people masturbate alone.

The Backwards Man

Muise... wrote: »

Thread needs a power ballad. It just doesn't know it needs it yet.

Think it needs a **** myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM

cloud493

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Many people masturbate alone.

Like who?

Going to the cinema on your own is great

Lando Griffin

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Many people masturbate alone.

Disgusting.
Im a people person myself even if I go to the local for a quiet one I get into deep conversation with the bar man.
The only time I like doing things alone is driving.

Sir Arthur Daley

cloud493 wrote: »

Like who?

Take a look in the mirror? :pac:

cloud493

All I see is a handsome stud :cool:

Muise...

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Think it needs a **** myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM

You should at least ask it to dance first!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU

johnnyskeleton

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Disgusting.
Im a people person myself even if I go to the local for a quiet one I get into deep conversation with the bar man.
The only time I like doing things alone is driving.

A quiet...****?

Aongus Von Bismarck

I love getting on the bike and hitting the mountains for a good cycle. It's a great way of working up a sweat and having a few hours to relax in your own company. It also saves me from being one of those bunch of cyclists who feel they have the right to take up half the road.

Sinister Kid

I go to the cinema on my own the odd time... Usually on a Sat or Sunday morning, I'd grab breakfast & coffee in starbucks and bring it with me! I like my quiet time

chrisb1

I've worked alone for years so i do most things on my own drive walk the dog fish and all that

Like my own company until i fall out.....with myself

Strumms

Generally no but there have been some exceptions and it doesn't really bother me.... I grew up without any siblings so maybe that's the reason you kind of get used to it and have your own in built resourcefulness and independence.

I'd never go out for a meal alone... I can't say why it would just be a bit weird... I guess it's more of a social thing and if you don't have someone to go for a meal with you can just east alone at home I guess...

Holiday... Generally no although I have done it once..A few years ago I had holidays I needed to take from work and nobody was able to go away so I thought I'm ****ed if I'm sitting on my hole for a week so I ended up bumming around the south of France for a week.. Had a great time and met all kinds of cool people including a seriously cool Canadian chick who just left the husband... That was fun...

Cinema.... Never have but wouldn't rule it out if there was something I wanted to see desperately that nobody else would go to then **** it I would...

Gig... Done it before twice ...I have weird music taste compared to some of my friends... Pre recession and babies.. I'd always be able to drag along a gig buddy or two even if they weren't interested in the band..Hey a night out is a night out and all that... Thankfully it's a rarity where someone else I know isn't going to a gig I like...

shuffles88

I have to go to the cinema on my own, I have a really short attention span and if I'm with a buddy I'll start messing. I'm going on holidays alone this summer, no-one else was in the position to come along so I said feck it what's the point in waiting for everyone else just so I can live my life?

sambono5

It's a funny one, many people would easily grab a McDonalds on their own, me included, but walking into a 'proper' restaurant and saying the dreaded ''table for one please'' would still make me die a little inside. Except when I'm abroad/travelling then for some reason it's no problem.

Regularly catch a gig or two on my own if nobody else wants to go with me, turn up right before the act is due on and leave soon after. I'm there for the music, not to chat all the way through the set. Wouldn't go to a day long festival on my own unless I was planning on befriending people.

Cinema..a few times, would usually go for the matinee show - no big deal. Then again, going on a busy friday night, surrounded by couples and crowds a lone wolf such as myself would stand out more and it might feel a bit awkward.

cassid

Get very little alone time since having children, they won't leave you alone to pee or shower.

Middle of the night, is my time when family all asleep and I have a bit of peace and quiet, head onto the internet for a bit.

Getting out on my own is a big no no, it's been years since I was in a restaurant and have not had to cut up someone's food.

Diane Selwyn

Yes - cinema, theatre, gigs, bars, holidays. For some reason eating a meal in sit down place alone seems more awkward than just having a drink. Also at the theatre or at a sit down gig I might feel a bit obviously alone when there is a spare seat next to me but at the cinema I wouldn't care. In fact it would be preferable.

Strumms

sambono5 wrote: »

It's a funny one, many people would easily grab a McDonalds on their own, me included, but walking into a 'proper' restaurant and saying the dreaded ''table for one please'' would still make me die a little inside. Except when I'm abroad/travelling then for some reason it's no problem.

Regularly catch a gig or two on my own if nobody else wants to go with me, turn up right before the act is due on and leave soon after. I'm there for the music, not to chat all the way through the set. Wouldn't go to a day long festival on my own unless I was planning on befriending people.

Cinema..a few times, would usually go for the matinee show - no big deal. Then again, going on a busy friday night, surrounded by couples and crowds a lone wolf such as myself would stand out more and it might feel a bit awkward.

It just dawned on me that when I said I didn't go for a meal alone in a way I was lying ! I travel from time to time for work.. Sometimes room service is grand and sometimes I just wanna get out of the room and go down for dinner and a couple of pints... Often get weird looks if it's not a traditional business hotel...

People have the thing about spending time on your own as something odd. I find people who can't be without other peoples company all the time odd.... People often bug the **** outta me, there are many morons out there..

Olive8585

I find the older I get, the less self-conscious I am about it. I travel quite a bit alone and would have no issues going for dinner on my own in a pub and getting a pint and reading my Kindle. It is different when you travel though, isn't it?

Super-Rush

I watch football alone. I hate people shouting and roaring and generally talking horse ****e while interrupting my viewing.

Wickers26

I love going to the cinema on my own.. All my friends think it's the weirdest thing ever but I really like it, I also go to the pub with a book or paper and have a couple of pints. I'm a girl so I always look a bit out of place but I couldn't give a fcuk. I always go for sushi alone too, but only sushi, I wouldn't go into a proper restaurant and eat a 3 course meal on my own. Just wouldn't be arsed. Alone time is great.

FullblownRose

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Many people masturbate alone.

But its better when you have help.

paleoperson

I have no friends, I pretty much do everything alone. I've never been attracted to going out though.

oak5548

Going to the cinema on your own is fine, so is a restaurant if you can find a nice corner to yourself.

But I just cant stand going to a pub on my own. I feel so damn awkward and out of place, I wouldnt even know what to do other than stand/sit and look awkward.
I dont really like reading newspapers or anything. I dont even use my phone much.

Deco99

Does local pub on your own count? As your likely to know whoever is in there anyway.
Grub ive no problem goin solo. I eat so quick it hardly counts anyway. in and out. Spent two days in venice on my own. Weird experience but memorable. Travel buddy was goin south and I was goin home from there. Cinema I want to but never do. Not since I choose man in the iron mask over flubber.

FullblownRose

I'm thinking of driving across England on my own. I could vist friends along the way but I would stil be doing the driving on my own I suppose.

Pompous

FullblownRose wrote: »

I'm thinking of driving across England on my own. I could vist friends along the way but I would stil be doing the driving on my own I suppose.

Do it!

boobar

Actually prefer cinema trips alone, my mrs doesn't have the same taste in movies.

I often go for lunch alone and to my local pub alone, my job is full on with meetings and managing people, dealing with customers, so a bit of alone time is welcome some weeks.

Going for an evening meal alone ....not something that appeals though,

murpho999

Been to the cinema plenty of times on my own, great way to pass an afternoon.

Mostly go with my wife but we have different film tastes so now and then I might go and see a film myself.

Don't see what the issue is or why some people would find it weird. It's not as if the cinema is a social venue anyway as you can't talk during the movie.

Also, people wouldn't find it strange if you watch a film at home alone (See what I did there!)

Thundering_Sky

No I wouldn't normally do things alone but that's just because I prefer company. I'd be really bored by myself.

Belle E. Flops

I have never understood why people say they'd never go to the cinema alone.....you spend 2hrs in the dark watching a big screen in silence, hardly the most sociable activity.

I've gone to the cinema alone a few times when there have been films I know my friends wouldn't be interested in.

Also went to a gig solo last year because it was my favourite band and was probably my only chance to see them play. It was fine being alone at it because straight away I had something in common with everyone else there so it was easy to talk to people. It was better than dragging a friend there who has no interest.

I've gone on a few short solo holidays mainly because I had the time off and wanted to go somewhere but friends couldn't go. I actually loved these holidays because I didn't have to check with someone when/where they wanted to go or eat etc.

wretcheddomain

wretcheddomain wrote: »

If that makes you feel better, great. The reality is you are alone, just alone with a piece of paper in your hand.

While you just alone with a little **** in your hand, each to their own

Wompa1

I've gone to concerts, stand up comedians, pubs, the cinema, restaurants and other countries alone...It was ok for a while but it got to a point that I started feeling a bit lonely going alone...it's better to share with somebody else. Whenever I went out to a pub alone I ended up making friends with others. Going to restaurants alone is ok, though it can be annoying if the waiter or waitress acts like you've got two heads. I travelled a bit alone for work...at first it was fine but then I went to Los Angeles for a while, work was stressful, I didn't have much money to do anything outside of work and it just was crappy. I went to Australia for 2 weeks for work. 6 days working, the rest just going around the place by myself...found that very lonely. Went to San Diego alone and had fun in the days but in the evening it was lonely. Went to a comedy gig alone and felt pretty lonely too. I think I'm done with that for a while...

Lyaiera

I'm really considering heading off on a camping holiday on my own. Head off down West Cork and Kerry with my bike and a tent. I'd be worried I'd have too much time alone with myself though, no-one about, no internet, no nathin'. And I'd be stuck on my own for a few days depending on how far I went.

Bozo Skeleton

I go to the cinema on my own quite regularly, if I want to go see something I'll just go see it, I actually like going to the cinema on the spur of the moment on my own.
Same applies for gigs, though I sometimes feel a bit awkward on my own.
I've always had a mantra. I'll go where I go, I'll be where I'll be, and I'll do what I do, and whoever is there is there.
Which is probably why I've lost contact with countless friends down the years.

HugsiePie

I'd rather do most things alone :P

The exception being going to a pub or club

annascott

I have gone to the cinema alone but usually in the afternoon or early evening. I would never go alone on Friday or Saturday night. I have never felt comfortable having dinner alone in a restaurant and usually order room service when away on business.