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Posted: 7/4/2008 4:44:05 AM | | hi i have a open to all i am 35 yrs old single mum and dont have many friends that are in realtionships hence single mums so getting babysitters are hard i regualry go to the cinmea by my self normaly when my girls go to their dads for vists it has cropped up on a few ppl that i have messaged here that i am wired becuase i choose to go to the cinmea by myself !!! ( If i didnt go i would never get to to and watch a movie i like the cinmea expenicere the big screen the popcorn the sound system etc ) why would men feel that i am wried that i do this any thoughts !!! | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 4:50:29 AM | other than calling it the cinema... as apposed to going to the movies... don't think you are wierd!
I prefer going to the movies or concerts by myself sometimes...
That is your release and you enjoy it so not wierd... could ecplain why you haven't met anyone beacause the movies are not really a place to meet people... but going by yourself... not strange at all! | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 5:00:48 AM | could ecplain why you haven't met anyone beacause the movies are not really a place to meet people
i only go once a month i am currently doing a universty degree so get to meet people a lot the tread is to ask what people perceations are on the people that go to the movies / cinema by themselves not if it was a goood place to meet the oppsite sex | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 7:12:10 AM | Nothing strange about it. Even when I was married, I went on my own. If it was a type of movie my wife didn't want to see, but I really wanted to see it, I'd leave work a hour early and go to an early show.
She was really adamant about NOT seeing superhero movies like X-men or Spiderman. Sometimes, I might get a friend to go with me, but most times I couldn't.
Since I'm single again, I go to the movies on my own a lot! | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 8:02:48 AM | | When you think about it, its a bit weird that people normally go to the cinema with others. I mean its not exactly a sociable activity is it? | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 8:51:40 AM | Excellent point Amarillo.
The first movie I saw alone was Jurassic Park. I thought it would be odd but it was actually peaceful as I
didn't have to "check in" with the person right next to me. My focus on the movie was strong. From that
point on ..I've had no problems watching a movie by myself.
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Posted: 7/4/2008 9:09:34 AM | Same deal, I don't mind checking out movies by myself. I actually prefer it that way. One of my pet peeves is actually chatting during a movie, it's uncouth thus why I like going solo. I don't mind if someone asks about something that they may not have saw in a blink or misunderstood something that was said. All in all, I like to really focus on the film and not have chatter in the background. This is why cell phones are appropriately turned off. Also, it's great for the summer when it's steaming hot outside... nothing beats an air conditioned theater that doesn't rack up your own utility bill.
-There is absolutely nothing different than going to a theater by yourself or watching a film by yourself at home. Different setting, but same premise... your leisurely entertainment time. Can someone call you weird for watching TV alone? No. Same deal with movies. Even at that, it's nobody's business anyways and you shouldn't be concerned in the least what some people may think at such a trivial matter. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 9:57:12 AM | I always go to movies alone, what's the point of going with someone else? All it does is add stress of schedule, and in the end you don't talk to each other anyway. You go to a movie to see a movie, not talk to someone.
If you're going with a group and then talking about it later over coffee or drinks, or with someone you've been dating a while (who knows to shut up while the movie's running) ...then fine, but otherwise, it's not a pastime that requires company. In fact, in my case, it requires solitude. | |
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| going to cinema on own
Posted: 7/4/2008 12:28:54 PM | Yup...Im another one who'll go to the cinemas alone.
Dont think anything of it and there's lots of other people there alone as well.
I think people read waaaaaay too much into this kinda thing.
Next minute we wont be allowed to sit at a cafe alone and have a coffee or God forbid go out to eat alone.
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Posted: 7/4/2008 12:58:49 PM | | I also like going to movies alone. Not only do I not have to worry about another person/s talking throughout and causing me to miss things, but if the movie is bad, I can get up and leave - no worries about sitting through something I hate because someone else drove, or feeling as though I have to stay so I don't ruin it for anyone else. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 1:37:15 PM |
Agreed and very well put.
Thanks!
I'll never understand why there seems to be such a stigma attached to people doing just about anything alone. It gets to the point at times where it seems some question if it's ok to do anything besides drive your car or do errands without company.
Exactly - and my problem with this is dating a guy who won't, or talking to a new guy who can't. If I can - surely he can manage. I don't want anyone else depending on me for company, simply because I don't depend on it myself. I've gotten to the point where I like doing everything alone. So..stress free!
For me, it depends on the movie but for most of them, I'm happy going alone. I don't mind company if it's available unless it's the type mentioned by Djchickie but it can be just as enjoyable and more relaxing to go alone.
I agree. I started doing this because I hated waiting for someone I knew to have time to see something I wanted to check out, or because I couldn't find anyone who liked what I wanted to see (I happen to be a horror fan, and most of my girlfriends like the cheesy chick flick thing). I discovered it's not only good to bypass that, but there are a bunch of other reasons why it's better. Now I almost try to avoid seeing stuff with other people - or if I know I can't, I sneak off and watch it once alone so I know I won't miss anything.
Restaurants, why not? Places like that are awesome for people watching and we all need to eat, why not enjoy a good meal alone and relax? Some things can be more enjoyable with company and someone to share it with but I know I'd much rather enjoy an evening out alone then sit home feeling bored and wishing I'd had plans. Why not just go and enjoy it?
I have no idea. I think people who don't like doing things alone miss out on so much. I say if you want to go, just go. There are people once you get wherever you're going you can meet, so you're truly not alone unless you specifically choose to be. Here's to those who aren't waiting around for chaperones!  | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 2:13:13 PM | well i must be the total freak, cas i jes could not go to the cinema on my own...it would be just tooo weird lol......must be an individual thing! | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 2:21:55 PM | I call it the cinema too..... (maybe its a french thing.....)
I'm fine with going alone or with someone, but I dont think its weird to go alone. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 4:03:14 PM | | I have been going to movies and cocerts by myself for a long time. What the hck? Why do people feel that being alone is the same as bening lonely? | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 4:17:41 PM | | Nothing weird about it at all. I've chosen to go to movies by myself on occasion. It's not like I'm going to socialize with the person I'm with when I do have company. I don't see anything weird about going to restaurants or the theatre alone either. Too bad some people can't enjoy their own company...LOL | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 4:37:49 PM |
Exactly - and my problem with this is dating a guy who won't, or talking to a new guy who can't. If I can - surely he can manage. I don't want anyone else depending on me for company, simply because I don't depend on it myself. I've gotten to the point where I like doing everything alone. So..stress free!
That was exactly the reason I broke off my last LTR. It was as tho he needed someone glued to his side 24/7 and on top of that, when I would manage to break free (it almost felt like an escape from prison), he'd either text non stop, call or just show up where I was (including work). I'd never felt so smothered in all my life.
Obviously, he also had major issues with me going anywhere at all alone which pretty much drove me to actually hiding out in my car in parking lots at times just to escape. How pathetic is that? 
I bought his claims that what he was doing were signs of how much he truly loved me for a little bit, then I woke up.
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Posted: 7/4/2008 7:10:16 PM | | OP I dunno why ppl think you are wired maybe it is because you type without ever taking a break i mean did you notice that you didn't use a single period in any of your sentences but you really loved on the exclamation points!! i think you're probably coming off of a Mtn Dew high or something so yeah i agree with your friends that you probably are wired and that you need to slow down before you hurt yourself!!! | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 9:03:19 PM | I don´t think its weird to go alone at all.......but I would rather go with my man......
sitting in a dark corner............hands rubbing up the legs........flicking popcorn.......
oh wait,........the movie........
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Posted: 7/5/2008 2:45:14 AM | | ???? I go to the movies all the time on my week off by myself I work in the mining industry on a fly in fly out roster and on my week off everybody's working and it gets boring sitting around waiting for my friends to finish work so i go to the movies a fair bit and i never thought for a second it was weird till i read this forum. and i still dont think its weird. | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 4:00:49 PM | | who really cares what people say, if you want to do something do it. dont worry what little minded people say. i go see a movie alone sometimes, i go see a ballgame alone sometimes..do not give it a second thought | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 4:36:38 PM | Nope, not weird at all. I travelled extensively in the 90's so I became accustomed to eating, going out, shopping, whatever by myself and I was fine with it.
Some people *have* to be with someone...I'm glad I'm not one of them. | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 5:27:27 PM | | I go to the movies alone quite a bit. Doesn't bother me at all and I always wonder why some people seem to get freaked out over it. | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 7:34:38 PM | well i go every ware alone, if you read my pro you would see that I'm very shy.
I cant just stay home because i have no one to hang out with, i mean this is the sunshine state their are many things to due and enjoy.
so lets just look in on one of my so called days alone, got up dressed went to the diner for breakfast, off to the red barn flea mark it that's aways fun to see whats new.
washed the car, lunch at the wing house great wings their, off to the boat show in Sarasota I'm sure you all were their it was grate but hot.
Dinner at the red lobster love that sea food. Then off to ski way to watch the sun go down.
And did it all alone like aways had a great day met some nice people and ladies to but as always to shy to ask if they would like to go out with me , but I'm trying just not doing very well with it, so no i don't think its weird.  | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 10:58:21 PM | | I dont think there is anything weird. I often go to the movies on my own. The lights go out it is dark, why do you need someone else to go with. I generally am not afraid to do much alone, I travel alone, go to the movies, work out etc. I have found with most things in life that I want to do, I would not do if I waited for other people...I would have missed out on many good things if I waited for others to do them with. | |
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