Visiting a pub alone as a woman. Yes or No?

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Home or away, is it okay and socially acceptable, or not?

I agree totally with @AltitudeCheck comment too...

Yes, obviously. Of course I do. I stay in hotels on my own, too. And eat in restaurants. And fly on aircraft. And go on holiday. All on my own. Imagine that!

Has anyone ever told you that we are actually living in the 21st century now? Well, some of us are, anyway…

Do what you want and what you are comfortable with. What is "socially acceptable" should not even factor into it.

Yes, of course.
I do whatever I please and anyone who considers it ‘not socially acceptable’ can fuck off.
I suggest you adopt the same approach.

Absolutely acceptable!

I went to the pub with two female friends last month and we got hassled by two different men!

Pubs are not safe spaces for women I don't think.

I'd go to a pub on my own during lunch or dinner hours for food or while waiting to meet someone but wouldn't be inclined to go out for drinks on my own.

As some posters have said it would depend on the pub. I wouldn’t go to a pub on my own to prop up the bar but would go on my own to have a meal and a drink.

However, if I was more sociable and lived in a community with a nice local that you could pop into and would always see a friendly face I knew then I would be happy to go in on my own.

Also if I was visiting somewhere and I could sit outside and people watch, then I would be happy to go alone. Would probably only go lunchtime/early evening rather than late at night.

Unfortunately, the pubs where I live are grim and don’t really like going with DH never mind on my own!

It depends on the pub.

My old village local, yes absolutely. It was a home from home for anyone in the village wanting a bit of company.

The pub near my work, no absolutely not. It's a sports and snooker pub, and their customer-base wouldn't make a lone woman feel welcome.

I’ve had many a solo pint, since I was a lass until now.

Why wouldn't it be, do we need a chaperone?

I'm pretty much just a social drinker, so the situation has rarely come up, but of course it's fine!

I think it's acceptable, although women are louder than men when the pub shuts. I live next door to a pub.
I personally wouldn't go in because opening the door means everybody looks at me and I hate that.

Of course it is. I travel a lot for work and often do. I prefer it when it’s nice weather and you can sit outside though.

Yes, of course. To eat, or I sometimes just take the dog and a book and go to my nice local round the corner for a decent pint. I’ve never had any hassle, even on the occasions when I’ve been the only woman in the local (it’s a CAMRA pub and quite blokey, though in a nice friendly way). I don’t tend to chat much except with the barman, who I know, but just enjoy a drink and my book.

Life as a singleton can be difficult - a nice meal or drink out in peace is one of its pleasures and I don’t give a damn if it’s socially acceptable or not (of course it is!).

I’ve been going in to pubs on my own since 1970. Never a problem.

Huh? What's wrong with it??

I’m happy going to a pub alone, I just take a book with me. No different to going into a coffee shop.

It’s terrible. These are the sort of women who wear trousers, let their daughters out un-corseted and think it’s acceptable to show an ankle 😂😂😂.

Is it ok? Yes. Absolutely.

Is it socially acceptable? More than it used to be but there are still too many people who would be genuinely judgemental or even shocked depending on what type of pup it was. We can pretend all we like but the reality is a woman going by herself into a pub in the evening and ordering an alcoholic drink will get asked if she's waiting for someone and if she says no she will get funny looks and it will be noticed. Or it'll just be assumed she's waiting for a bloke and if one doesn't show up it'll be assumed she's been stood up.

Should it be like that? Fuck no. It's bloody ridiculous. But that doesn't stop it being true.

Pub restaurant during the day? Different. Hotel bar when you're a guest? Different. But an old pub pub - you're going to get people thinking it's weird.

If you'd just asked is it ok - I'd have said yes and left it there. I personally think it's fine and that this sort of shit should stay in the past where it belongs but your next question was is it socially acceptable which means is it accepted / seen as the norm by society generally and to that, unfortunately, the answer is no. Not yet.

Yes of course.

Like a pp I’ve been going to pubs unaccompanied since the 1970s. I never drank pints, remember wine bars? Some pubs are more congenial than others, I look for live music for a night out, Wetherspoons for bottomless tea and Wi-Fi.

Not having a chaperone would never stop me going somewhere I wanted to go. I do recognise that there are many pubs within a mile that I wouldn’t want to go into and which tend to attract more heavy drinkers.

Don't see why not. I used to do occasionally for work. There was one time in Portsmouth when I asked for a mocktail and they said you what? So I said a virgin cocktail and they said again you what?

So I gave up at that point and asked for a cocktail without alcohol (I had to travel back home after a training course)

I do it all the time, including in foreign countries. I am old though and don't draw male attention much these days ( thank god).

I go to pubs by myself but I take a book to try and put people (men) off talking to me. Doesn't always work though, sometimes they think its an invitation to come talk about the book.