Confirmed Bachelor Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Anyone else besides me do this all the time? I'm going to an art exhibit opening this evening by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Oh yeah, all the time. I'll often go to eat alone when my friends are on different campuses or don't have classes the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Like every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMorgan Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Like... always. Is that not normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNeko Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I love going to the cinema by myself. I don't understand why people think you need friends to sit in a dark room where you're not meant to talk, and watch a film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMorgan Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 40 minutes ago, RedNeko said: I love going to the cinema by myself. I don't understand why people think you need friends to sit in a dark room where you're not meant to talk, and watch a film Precisely. Surely the point of being with others is to interact with them, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 42 minutes ago, RedNeko said: I love going to the cinema by myself. I don't understand why people think you need friends to sit in a dark room where you're not meant to talk, and watch a film True, though it's fun to go with a friend to a cafe and talk about the film afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 A lot. I just like to do some things that my friends don't like to do, so I'm just doing them on my own. Plus some things are better done alone like when I go somewhere to draw, I don't need a friend with me who keeps watching me. I couldn't stand that. I get that being with friends can be fun, but doing stuff on your own doesn't have to be any less fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezzo Forte Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I sometimes feel bad spending the money on a restaurant meal if I'm not enjoying it with good company, but I see dining at a restaurant to be a nice treat for myself whether I'm alone or not. (I treated myself to a restaurant meal this morning after I successfully had blood work done without even coming close to fainting. I felt a little bad though because I ended up having lunch with friends, and I don't usually eat out twice in a day, but I'm writing off the lunch as part of the treating myself too.) I come from a really protective family though, and their chronic worrying stops me from doing as much stuff out and about while solo as I would otherwise. (The whole "safety in numbers" thing.) It's frustrating, but I'd rather just give them the peace of mind and just make it up to myself in other ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Shi'ar Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I've gone to the movies by myself plenty of times. I also tend to go out by myself, but usually end up running in to people anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46odnetnin Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Dammit now even going to the movies by yourself is connected to romance with this word D: I JUST WANT TO SEE A MOVIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Oh, the movies. I keep wanting to ask my friend to go to the movies with me, but I'm afraid she'll think I'm asking her out Maybe I'm just too paranoid haha. It probably comes from the fact that I'm insanely shipped with her. Whatever. I would go to the movies by myself, but unfortunately, being 14 makes it hard for me to transport myself there without assistance. So my family always comes. I've been to the movies with my friends before, and I like that, too. What I can't understand is how it's even possible to be romantic with someone… during a movie. Like do they hold hands or something? (I'm totally clueless) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arotrash Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I do it when I can afford it, which is not right now. Although I work at a movie theater so I get to see movies for free. I used to like taking myself out to community events and I probably will again when I become more familiar with the city I'm now living in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zema Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I rarely go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNeko Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Spud said: Oh, the movies. I keep wanting to ask my friend to go to the movies with me, but I'm afraid she'll think I'm asking her out Maybe I'm just too paranoid haha. It probably comes from the fact that I'm insanely shipped with her. Whatever. Maybe if you ask her to see a film you really like, and show that enthusiasm for the film, it will make her believe there's nothing more to what you're asking and take all focus off her. But I wouldn't really know, I'm not very good with social stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 11 hours ago, Spud said: What I can't understand is how it's even possible to be romantic with someone… during a movie. Like do they hold hands or something? (I'm totally clueless) I was at a movie once where a couple was making out during the film. So.. I guess stuff like that? I agree though that going to movies together isn't inherently romantic anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformativeSurprise Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I definitely do stuff like this by myself, as well as with friends. I've never understood how normal activities get designated as "single" versus "couple" activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snao Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Frequently, but, you know, doesn't "masturdating" seem kinda weird having "turd" in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyFenton123 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I mean, I'd go out by myself but I can't drive yet, and there is literally nothing in walking distance >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46odnetnin Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 What are buses like in your country Danny? Here its super cheap so thats how I get around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I do like spending most my time on my own, I just don't go out really... I don't really view dinner/cinema as a romantic thing, it seems kinda weird. 8 hours ago, DannyFenton123 said: I mean, I'd go out by myself but I can't drive yet, and there is literally nothing in walking distance >.> Same, pretty much. Except, the main town centre/cinema is within walking distance (like, 40 minutes) but I just can't be bothered to walk that on my days off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confirmed Bachelor Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 I don't think anyone is actually saying going to a movie is a romantic thing. Dinner and a movie is pretty much a basic date that most couples do. I think that's what the person who created this word was thinking, doing things couples do but alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snao Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 What are other kinds of dates that you can do on your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasa Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I often do things on my own. Going to the cinema, concerts, museums, traveling... Not sure if that's really an aro thing though, more like a 'not having enough friends' thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lz_erk Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The hard part is talking myself into getting up and doing something with myself. I swear, I'm the one putting the least amount of work into this relationship, and I'm leaving all the hard stuff up to myself. Sometimes I don't know why I bother. But then I find some great volunteering thing that I can do with myself and all the magic comes right back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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