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Would you go to cinema alone?

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Diedre44 · 17/06/2023 08:03

Sad as it might sound, I seriously have nobody to go with. Not in the sense no-one wants to see or fancies the films I want to see, the fact I have nobody to ask. I have no friends and DH and DP really do not want to come and see Barbie with me. I really don't think I'd have a problem going alone but they're making fun of me wanting to go alone.
I'm comfortable going for a coffee or lunch out alone and wouldn't "interact" while watching a movie anyway so don't see the problem going alone anyway.
Would you go alone?

OP posts:
CheshireDing · 17/06/2023 08:04

Yes I have done. I went to watch The Ring alone (when it first came out). Probably not the best one to see alone 🤣

Anapana · 17/06/2023 08:04

Course I would and gave! It’s a great pleasure - enjoy it

CharlotteRumpling · 17/06/2023 08:05

Have many times. But I also travel alone, go to plays and the ballet alone, eat alone. No one makes fun of me.

Brendabigbaps · 17/06/2023 08:05

Yes, life’s too short to worry about people thinking it’s weird or laughing, your dh needs a step tearing off him both for being a Dick and teaching your child to be a Dick

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 17/06/2023 08:05

Of course. Why wouldn't you?

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 17/06/2023 08:05

Yes. I have done many times. It’s not like it’s really ‚social‘ anyway.

WimpoleHat · 17/06/2023 08:06

I have done, many times. Also to the theatre. As you say, you don’t interact with the person you go with and there’s something more focused about the experience alone; you don’t have to consider whether someone else is enjoying it. I like going with others too, but on occasion will choose to go alone. You’ll enjoy yourself: treat yourself to a coffee/popcorn/ice cream or whatever, sit down and enjoy the film!

cantcopenow · 17/06/2023 08:06

I almost always go alone (before I had children I invariably went alone). It seems like a normal thing to do, to me. Like a PP I often travel alone, do all sorts of things alone.

cuckyplunt · 17/06/2023 08:06

I would go virtually anywhere alone, it’s very liberating to enjoy your own company.

Cheguevarahamster · 17/06/2023 08:07

It's not "sad". And if your DH and DP are making fun of you, then that's reflects badly in them.

Go to the cinema on your own. Have fun. I have been on my own many times. I couldn't give two figs what anyone thinks.

CharlotteRumpling · 17/06/2023 08:08

In fact leave your juvenile men behind and go on a trip on your own.

Persse · 17/06/2023 08:08

I’m always baffled by these posts. Why on earth wouldn’t you see a film alone? Why would it be ‘sad’? Do you really think sitting in the dark watching something absorbing on a big screen needs validating by the presence of someone else?

Buyyouflowers · 17/06/2023 08:08

Personally I wouldn’t but Iv seen others go alone and don’t think anything of it.

Whatyoutalkingabouteh · 17/06/2023 08:08

I’ve not done it but I would if there was something I really wanted to see. You sit there to watch a film not talk! 😊

Rainbowqueeen · 17/06/2023 08:09

Yes I’ve done it several times. And there’s been plenty of other people there on their own too.

Jaffapaffa · 17/06/2023 08:09

Absolutely.

I do it regularly.

happystory · 17/06/2023 08:09

I've done it a few times. It's particularly nice if you are able to go when it's quiet. A real treat.

Solmum1964 · 17/06/2023 08:10

I have done. Sometimes times just don't work out to go with a friend and I want to see a film my husband wouldn't enjoy. It's fine. I've also been to the theatre/ballet on my own and to restaurants and cafés.
I'm sure you won't be the only one.

Gettingbysomehow · 17/06/2023 08:10

I go alone all the time. I live alone and if I want to see something I just go. Lots of people do. It's fine.

cantcopenow · 17/06/2023 08:10

(You have a DH AND a DP? Not judging, just wondering how you cope 😂😂)

It does seem like the sort of film that would be more fun with friends. But if the choice is going alone or not going, then of course you should go! Go when it’s busy, that will be more fun I should think.

Your family are being horrible, sorry to say. They don’t have to go with you, but they shouldn’t be trying to put you off doing a perfectly normal activity FFS.

christmastreefarm · 17/06/2023 08:11

I am this evening. My DD is going to a concert at the o2 (alone) and as she's only 15 I need to be there to bring her home so I'm killing the time in the cinema there.

Changes17 · 17/06/2023 08:12

Love going to the cinema on my own. Don’t have to justify my film or snack choices!

Solmum1964 · 17/06/2023 08:13

Oh and if you go to an off peak screening, sometimes the tickets are cheaper too 😁

Steakandquinoa · 17/06/2023 08:14

Yes, saw Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret last month. Had a pic n mix.

JandalsAlways · 17/06/2023 08:15

You should do it, it's not like you talk to anyone anyway (well you shouldn't be!!), it's the perfect alone activity. Treat yourself Flowers

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