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Shall I go out on my own tonight

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Jammydodger70 · 20/06/2026 05:52

I have a hotel room booked for tonight, so that me & a friend can go to a club night. Unfortunately she has cried off sick & the hotel is already paid for & non refundable.
I'm not worried about the money, but I've got itchy feet & still want to go out dancing! None of my other friends can go at this short notice. Some people do go on their own & just dance & chat. I have never done this & I'm worried about looking/feeling weird & lonely.
The other dilemma is this. I've been chatting/flirting with a man for a while who will be there tonight. Last month he walked me back to the hotel & we had a few kisses. It was lovely so I asked if he'd be there tonight. At which point he said he would be, but he's in a relationship. Just for the record I'm not!
If I go on my own how am I going to look in front of him & his mates? A desperately lonely woman? Or will I look like a stalker to them? When I imagine myself there tonight I keep thinking of the dental receptionist in Only Fools & Horses who kept popping up everywhere after Del Boy broke off their date & got back with Raquel.
This makes me feel that I should not go to the club tonight. I won't look & feel like a stalker then; but why should I be the one to not go because a man has been a complete dick head? Shall I stay in or go on my own & hold my head up high?

OP posts:
Tepidwater · 20/06/2026 12:47

Jammydodger70 · 20/06/2026 08:25

I never implied it was a single instance of chatting/flirting. Doesn't matter how many times we've chatted, the fact is I did no know.
Yes, me & friend usually go every couple of months. It's expensive to go every month when it involves a hotel stay. However, me & friend fancied another night out tonight, so why not go to our favourite genre of music place? Do you think that after him telling me he was in a relationship that me & friend should have picked a different night out?

So this is actually the second night you’ve had at the hotel. Has your sick friend gone home or she’s still staying at the hotel

UnctuousUnicorns · 20/06/2026 12:47

"As far as the guy goes, if he's not married, he's fair game"

Morals of an alley cat there, I see. 👍

Tepidwater · 20/06/2026 12:46

Jammydodger70 · 20/06/2026 08:25

I never implied it was a single instance of chatting/flirting. Doesn't matter how many times we've chatted, the fact is I did no know.
Yes, me & friend usually go every couple of months. It's expensive to go every month when it involves a hotel stay. However, me & friend fancied another night out tonight, so why not go to our favourite genre of music place? Do you think that after him telling me he was in a relationship that me & friend should have picked a different night out?

FAO this is the second night you’ve had at the hotel. Has your sick friend gone home or she’s still staying at the hotel

Tepidwater · 20/06/2026 12:42

InWithPeaceOutWithStress · 20/06/2026 10:44

Why should she stop going to a club night she regularly attends because one of the blokes “doesn’t want her to go”? Are you seriously that weak-willed that you bend to whatever some random bloke wants?

I’m not in to drama and this has drama and humiliation stamped all over it

Cherrytree86 · 20/06/2026 12:42

LoveHearts69 · 20/06/2026 11:39

I’d definitely still go and stay in the hotel but I’d either make a night of it in the hotel with a bottle of wine, room service and bubble bath, or go out elsewhere.

In complete honesty I think dancing on your own may look a little weird, especially the fact you’ll be obviously on your own where he’s going to be. I’d take yourself for a nice meal and drink somewhere else if you care what he thinks.

@LoveHearts69

who cares what a load of randoms think?!

LoveHearts69 · 20/06/2026 11:39

I’d definitely still go and stay in the hotel but I’d either make a night of it in the hotel with a bottle of wine, room service and bubble bath, or go out elsewhere.

In complete honesty I think dancing on your own may look a little weird, especially the fact you’ll be obviously on your own where he’s going to be. I’d take yourself for a nice meal and drink somewhere else if you care what he thinks.

Worrywort23 · 20/06/2026 11:39

I can't believe how many people are misunderstanding your posts.
You didn't know he was in a relationship.
You have every right to go to the club on your own. His presence there should not be a reason to stop you enjoying the club of your choice.
If he approaches you, you only need to tell him you're not interested in someone who is already in a relationship.
Have fun!

MickyMoonshine · 20/06/2026 11:37

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Onmytod24 · 20/06/2026 11:34

How many people are gonna be there? I would go. you like the music, you like dancing. what possible reason would you have to stay in a hotel room? Put yourself first.

elfendom1 · 20/06/2026 11:28

you are so desperately defensive, I can't help but think, there was no friend, you booked this hotel specifically for yourself just to trail this man, or fingers crossed bump into him at said club. So this may not be case, but if that's what I get from it all, yes he probably will think you are stalking him.

Cailin66 · 20/06/2026 11:22

Jammydodger70 · 20/06/2026 06:21

I did not know he was in a relationship until after he'd kissed me. I thought that was obvious from my op.

Why did you bother starting this thread OP? You’ve told us lies. How does it work in your head, you ask us advice based on half truths. And if we support you going based on that you can justify going?

  • the man is married
  • he’s got children
  • he’s a cheat
  • You’re in a relationship
  • so you’re a cheat too, because you flirted, walked home alone with him, kissed him, mentally cheating by obsessing about him, planning to meet him

Go, the two of you are made for each other. I feel sorry for his wife, their children and your partner.

Hope the sex is great, and that it’s worth the havoc and damage ye both wreak.

wrongthinker · 20/06/2026 11:22

Jesus there are some odd people on MN.

OP, I personally would go, and would just ignore the guy if he's there. Go and have a dance and you'll probably see people you know. You will have people to talk to. It might be a bit weird, but you won't know til you're there. If the guy comes over, just say something like, I'm not here to see you, can you leave me alone please. And carry on dancing. Have fun!

Monty36 · 20/06/2026 11:10

InWithPeaceOutWithStress · 20/06/2026 11:02

She’s interpreting what you’ve written as you’ve written it. You’re absolutely insufferable.

Which is up to her/him. And no, I am not insufferable. All I have done is replied to the persistent line of prodding me into having a debate about women which I did not want to have. I have replied, and the person is still seeking that discussion. If I had confidence it was a discussion they really wanted I might be tempted to reply. But they really want I suspect is to rile me and have some sort of row. Which I really don’t want. That to me is insufferable.

CeffylCoch · 20/06/2026 11:02

YOLO! Go out and have fun OP

InWithPeaceOutWithStress · 20/06/2026 11:02

Monty36 · 20/06/2026 10:54

Interpret it how you wish.

Edited

She’s interpreting what you’ve written as you’ve written it. You’re absolutely insufferable.

Monty36 · 20/06/2026 10:54

MickyMoonshine · 20/06/2026 10:49

It’s literally what you’re saying. There is no other way to read it.

Interpret it how you wish.

Goditsmemargaret · 20/06/2026 10:53

Why are posters (not all obvs!) being such bitches to the OP? If you don't have basic reading comprehension skills then please refrain from posting. And just fuck off generally too.

Op I agree with you fully in theory. You've paid, you like the music, you would enjoy being there, why should you sit in because some idiot bloke behaved like a prick?

I would love to hear that you went along, had a great time and paid no attention to where he was in the place. After all who cares what he or his idiot mates think?

However the real question is how likely is that? Will you be feeling uncomfortable and foolish wondering if they're talking about you?

Think hard and then decide what you genuinely want to do. If you decide against going is there any compromise; something else in the town for you to do instead of sitting in with a book?

Have fun whatever you decide and definitely hold your head up. You have done nothing wrong here.

Thechaseison71 · 20/06/2026 10:50

Cherrytree86 · 20/06/2026 09:17

@Elbreth

plenty of people with kids would rather go out and dance than sit in with a takeaway!

Even some of us with grandkids would rather go out than sit in with a takeaway

MickyMoonshine · 20/06/2026 10:49

Monty36 · 20/06/2026 10:44

Read it how you wish.

It’s literally what you’re saying. There is no other way to read it.

Monty36 · 20/06/2026 10:44

MickyMoonshine · 20/06/2026 10:37

You're still asking a woman to modify her behaviour because of how a man might behave or think. It doesn’t matter how you phrase it. That’s what you are saying.

Read it how you wish.

InWithPeaceOutWithStress · 20/06/2026 10:44

Tepidwater · 20/06/2026 07:51

Yes but I was pointing out that he clearly doesn’t want the op to go.

if you do decide to go op, he will no doubt avoid you.

but honestly… I just wouldn’t bother tonight

Edited

Why should she stop going to a club night she regularly attends because one of the blokes “doesn’t want her to go”? Are you seriously that weak-willed that you bend to whatever some random bloke wants?

keepswimming38 · 20/06/2026 10:44

Why are you hitting on a bloke that’s in a relationship? Tacky as f!

HoraceCope · 20/06/2026 10:42

op hasnt been back since posters linked another similar thread by a different poster.

anyway, despite me saying go,
i wouldnt! for 2 reasons, - on your own - and the rejection from the attached man.

MickyMoonshine · 20/06/2026 10:37

Monty36 · 20/06/2026 10:32

The OP asked advice specifically to the environment she has set out. I gave my opinion.
I don’t think she should have gone to the club dancing. No. I suspect she would have attracted the man who was already in a relationship. She has already asked him if he will be there and he will. If she goes on her own she will give him a green light that she is up for a bit more of the same.
I could be wrong. She can test it out if she wants to.

As for in general. No i would not encourage a woman to go into a club on their own. And it would attract men who would clock they were and would be attracted to her because of precisely that. Such men exist. To pretend they don’t is just daft.

You can see that women should be able to do things. But it would be pig headed to go about doing things without having an eye to the reality of situations that prevail.

You're still asking a woman to modify her behaviour because of how a man might behave or think. It doesn’t matter how you phrase it. That’s what you are saying.

Lovesacake · 20/06/2026 10:37

You’re way overthinking this, you want to go and you have the means to go - so go! Life is too short to not go out dancing when you want to

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