Going it alone
 

How many of you do things (go to the movies, clubs, et cetera) by yourselves? A lot of the time I'd prefer to, but there's such a stigma around it I always go with at least a friend. I'm society's biatch. :(

I do quite often. Well, not much anymore since I'm poor.

Anyway, I like going to see movies by myself. When I go with friends they tend to chatter the whole time. "Oh he's cute. Don't go in there! No!" Shut up!

Same thing for concerts. I love going by myself. As far as bars and such... Haven't built up the courage to go by myself yet. I have only once, and that was in NYC.

Build up... Go to a movie by yourself. Then lunch or something. It's not as bad as you think :)

I tend to go out with my friends almost all the time. I just find it a more enjoyable experience. I have noticed, however, it's difficult to go out for just a few minutes when you bring someone along.

It seems like, a lot of the time, they want to do something afterward. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood to do something else with them.

I'm a pretty big loner, though. I spend a lot of time on my own.

I love my own company. I am married with a son.... but I enjoy my own company from time to time. Its harder now having a 15month old.... but I still squeeze some me time in.

i know how you feel, I work for a pretty big company and I refuse to eat in our cafferia because people always end up sitting with me and want to talk about work when i am clearly reading the paper. grrr, so i go off site everyday to avoid it, but some times people will find me and want to sit with me. I flat out tell them that i want to be alone and have a headache..etc some people will still sit down and say "oh i'll eat quick and I won't bug you..." Now I want to tell them off but since its someone from work i have to deal with it or face crap back at the office. still very annoying. I guess some people cannot stand to be alone. I think its something left over from highschool days when anyone by themselves is labelled a "loser". well, me, I enjoy MY time, i have a wife and small baby and I need time to veg out and not talk. same thing when your wearing a earphones and listening to my ipod or summat, people still come up to you and start to talk to you. sorry rant over. sorry for thread hogging. :(

I find that about one weekend a month I need to just hang out, by myself. People are great, but I need some me time about once a month.

i do it all the time, i love seeing movies by myself, and eating alone is good too, just bring a book. as for a bar, i tried a couple times, but a single girl is just looking for trouble.

Well I do eat lunch by myself (sort of) every now and then, but I don't consider lunch to be doing something. For me, any meal is just a (short) period of time in which I stuff an inordinate amount of food into my digestive tract. :D

And veruca: I can imagine it would be different for a girl in a bar/club setting. Luckily for me, I don't have to deal with that problem, since I'm definitely not a girl (unless my parents have been lying to me about some very important body parts).

I'm not socially-dependant. I like my friends but I also like being able to go see a movie or go grab lunch by myself.

I go to the movies alone all the time. I don't talk during movies so this is good for me. Eating alone is no problem for me either since I usually have a good book on me to pass the time betwwen bites. I love being alone since I know what I like and don't have to cater to anyone else. Yes. I'm selfish like that.

I travel for business probably 45 weeks out of the year, so most of my time is spent in hotel rooms. Movies/concerts/theater alone -- no problem. I don't feel weird about it at all.

Dinner alone, it's not overly comfortable, but depends on the restuarant, I am basically anti-social, so I usually have reading material with me to entertain myself, or I'll people watch. Bars alone, have never been able to bring myself to do it, unless I'm waiting for folks. It just seems sleezy to me, like I'm there to pick up some company for the evening rather than just a drink before going to bed, unless the Yankees are playing and there's a tv in the bar

I'm all about alone time. I've never had a problem doing things on my own, and most of the time, I prefer it that way. and if I'm not alone, then I'm with a very few people. So, you're not the only one out there doing stuff by yourself! :) Go out, have a good time, and don't worry about how many people are taging along behind you. :)

Grew up as a only child, not in a neighbor hood, not with other children. That alone taught me to do pretty damn well on my own, without other people being needed.

Now I commute to schoo, and work , both generally gives a lot of alone time, and activities.

So yeah, I dont mind it or think of it as a bad thing.

I never go out alone. If I can't find someone to go out and eat with then I don't go. I have never gone to the movies alone. I just like being around people.

aw man i do everything by myself these days. missed the days of going everywhere with JS or a group of friends. oh well im good company. :)

I do lots of things by myself, but outings like movies and concerts, like Phat said, the stigma is just too great, i feel weird. Although I love going to B and N, by myself, getting something from Starbucks and reading. that's nice me-time. but that's as far as i'll go.

I like doing stuff by myself and alot of times i'll head to starbucks, the movies, local pub, or heck just hang out at home w/ a book by myself to just kind of chill out and relax.

I don't know about going to concert by myself as that to me is an experience better shared. I enjoy going out w/ friends though as well but i'd say it's about 70/30 as to one vs the other in terms of frequency..

I have things I prefer to do for my alone time. Concerts and movies are social events for me. Being that they are few and far in between I would rather share them with family and friends.

I'm a looser. I am usually alone... I'm not big with hanging out with the friends I have... they just aren't the kind of people I want to be around. They find it fun to do stupid stuff like getting totally wasted on the weekends... going to strip clubs and then doing something that has to do with drinking. All of my friends either are all over their boyfriends all the time, or just with them all the time, and that pisses me off. Esspecially when I want to hang out with them and they call me at the last minute and tell me that their boyfriend/girlfriend is also coming... that pisses me off. So I don't really try anymore. I am just going to wait till I get out to college, then I'll go out with friends (hopefully!)

I enjoy going to a coffee shop by myself. I find it very relaxing. I will usually read a newspaper or just people watch. I enjoy my company:)

I don't normally go to movie alone, but I may do that this summer.

While, I do enjoy being alone at times, it's nice to be around other people too. It just depends on my mood.

I used to do everything alone and loved it. Movies, restaurants, bars, whatever. If I wanted to go I just went, people tagging along just annoyed me for the most part, it seemed they infringed on my freedom to do what I want. Now I'm engaged and my alone time has been shortened quite a bit. I love my girl but sometimes I do miss my solitude.

Coffee shops, definitley. I prefer to go shopping alone as well, but that is only because I don't like to subject others to shop with me.

I don't care what people think of me when I am out in public alone. If they pass judgement to themselves on me because of it, that's their problem not mine. Perhaps they should worry about the social stigma of looking like they have friends so as to give the impression they are hip or popular when they are out.

I especially enjoy travelling alone and have met many very interesting people along the way. But I don't mind if a cute little something wants to come along for the ride.

It kind of depends on the activity for me

certain things, like going to a bar, movie, concert are pure social events and are best done in small groups I think, that way you don't look like the lonely drinker and small groups are still approachable by other small groups, so new contacts are possible.

Other activities are best done either alone or with some other person that shares the interest in the subject to accompany you.
like for example: going to an art exhibition...

Other than that, I enjoy solitude from time to time, gives me time to think, enjoy the things I alone like, have some quality ME time :)