Would you go to movies, theater alone!

[GL]

I actually don't mind going to the movies by myself during the day. A matinée show is usually cheaper and you don't have as many people in the auditorium. But I feel conspicuous if I go by myself in the evening. Then you see couples together and groups of friends out for the night. That will make me feel very isolated and alone.

 

[pacz]

I've gone to movies, theater, concerts and out to eat alone. I think nothing of it. If I want to do something and no one else wants to, that's not going to stop me.

 

[pausanias_usa]

Doesn't bother me at all. When I have lived abroad I did it even more, because I could walk to them and take my time. Met a lot of people that way!

Same way with restaurants, too.

 

[dcmorgan]

I go to the theatre by myself all the time. There are hundreds of other people there, there are at least half a dozen people on the stage... how am I in any way, shape or form, alone?

 

[colabearbc]

plus if you go alone there is no one crowding the arm rest!!!

 

[Croynan]

I've gone to movies, theater, concerts and out to eat alone. I think nothing of it. If I want to do something and no one else wants to, that's not going to stop me.

I have been doing that since the age of 13 - just after we moved out of the caves into new dwellings.

It was one of the few gifts I ever specifically asked for = at age 13 and was granted. Along with that a philosophy was developed that I have stuck to all these years. If I do not go to see this event, this play/musical/solo theatrical event, ballet, classical concert, opera and or receital, I may never have another chance in my life time to do so again . And I have stuck to that idea at all times - even regardless of 1 1/2 ltrs. Nothing and no one is/was allowed in interfere in my efforts to see what I want and when I want.

Season tickets took care of sometimes going with someone, but after many years they were given up.

I have no regrets about the decision as it has resulted in my seeing many of the major artists of the last half of the last century.

And as for the cinema, on Saturdays I would normally take in two different films at two different movie houses as they were close enough to travel their by bicycle. Almost all of them were adult films and seeing them quietly on a saturday afternoon was perfect. I rarely go to see a film during regular hours of performance so I can avoid the crowds.

The crowds at a theatre, or classical event or afternoon film are always much more subdued then other crowds as thus I can deal being with them. I detest being in any crowd setting.

so speak the lowly and lonely viallage idiot.

 

[fenrill]

I do it all the time mainly because I have no friends so I really dont care what people think. I always try to have fun.

 

[Zeremonie]

If I want to go do something, and I can't find a girlfriend who is interested, I'm going to go do it. Case in point: An Inconvenient Truth (which has been in theaters for a long long time) is almost gone from Seattle area theaters and if I don't go see it today, I probably won't, so I'm going to go later on whether or not I can find someone to go with.

Peto, I noticed that with your post icon "not" you seem to be saying that you would not go to the movies alone. I challenge you to think about your personal sense of security - I could be totally wrong but guys and gals who are opposed completely to doing things alone seem to have issues with insecurity, imho.

Just my two cents.

 

[MidnightPrism]

I often go alone. I mean, who would want to go with me

 

[GL]

I often go alone. I mean, who would want to go with me

I'd go with ya.

But I assure you, we won't be watching the movie.

 

[KentuckyPython]

I go to the movies, theatre, opera, ballet, etc. by myself all the time. I also go to lunch, dinner, and even out for a drink without an escort. On one hand it sounds pathetic, but the reality is that I do have friends with whom I do things, but I also have a real desire to take "the boyfriend within" and just go out and enjoy the world I live in.

 

[tx_doc]

I don't mind seeing movies alone. There are many times I will want to see a movie and my boyfriend doesn't. I just go. I don't care about the other people in the theatre.
I will do the same if I'm in the mood for something special for dinner and no one else is hungry. When I was single, I would treat myself to an expensive meal every now and then by myself.

 

[TNGayGolfer]

Absolutely - assuming a friend wasn't available to join me. I find myself going to the local playhouse alone, simply because that's not their thing. That typically works out in my favor, since several other single guys go there alone too. ;-)

 

[doctorsun]

I've gone to the movies alone several times. It's kinda fun, actually. You can see whatever you want without having to worry about what anyone else wants to see.

 

[wanky_window]

All my friends are dead. So yes.

 

[alister9669]

I often go alone. I mean, who would want to go with me

OMG you can't be serious! Who wouldn't want to go with you?

I go by myself most of the times.

 

[me12121]

I don't go to the movies by myself.. and if there's a movie that I want to see, and no one wants to go-- i don't go to see it.

I used to get REALLY sad when I saw people eating/watching movies alone. Like.. it actually used to affect me.

But now that I work in the mall, I eat alone all the time during breaks.

My outlook has kind of reversed, i guess. Now the person that I first described-- the one that when has no one to go with so doesn't go at all-- seems a hell of a lot sadder-- and alone.

I just haven't really mustered up the courage to go by myself yet.

Yeah, I'm the same way as JoeyBoy. I'll just wait for a movie to come out on DVD since I usually won't have someone to see it with.

But since being at University, I've been forced to eat alone a lot. I have to eat all my meals out since I don't have anything to cook with here, so I usually eat alone.

 

[Angelfan]

I've gone to the cinema and theatre alone. I've eaten out alone too. I feel more self-conscious eating out alone than at the cinema or theatre. If I go into somewhere like Burger King alone I tend to buy a magazine to read so I don't feel as self-conscious.

 

[lukylok]

I go alone to the movie, show or concert. There is nobody to contradict you on your feelings of the show.
More problematic is to go to a good restaurant, with gastronomic cooking, but hten it is easy to find somebody interested in the food !

 

[khushibagh]

I go to movies, concerts and plays by myself quite often. Restaurants too although I'll pass by a restaurant if its too crowded and I'm by myself.