Would you go to cinema alone?

[Diedre44]

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?

I don’t generally go alone but when late queen was lying in state and I had to work I went to Curzon Victoria one night after work whilst I had to go away and return to the queue (for lying in state) - it was great. No one batted an eyelid. I’d do it again.

I had a phase of having to take DD to a 2 hour rehearsal that was 40 minutes from home but 10 minutes from a shopping centre with a multiplex cinema. Rather than hang around the shops, I used to just buy a £5 ticket to whatever was on that best fitted my timings - saw a few things I’d never have gone to see, such as most of the Downton Abbey film, an animation, and during a particularly long and well timed rehearsal managed to see the whole of last summer’s mission impossible film. Was great!

I've gone alone for a film I've really wanted to see (and no one else did).

I do it all the time. Also the theatre, concerts, holidays, dinners.

I’ve been to the cinema on my own loads of times. Love it.

One of my friends, in an act of self love, bought herself a season ticket to the local cinema and at least once a week she grabs her keys and takes herself off to go and see whatever is showing. She says it doesn’t much matter what she watches, but she loves the cinema and just zoning out for a few hours a week is a great way to relax. So yes, go and think nothing of it. For lots of people going to see movies is a hobby, not a social event.

Sure, I do. Also happily go to the theatre/exhibitions/gigs alone if no one else wants to go

Why would they make fun off you? That’s weird. No one will notice or care .m

Awww that's a bloody typo. Dunno how to edit should be DS...
First time I don't preview before posting just my luck. 😅
I'm NC with the other so that's annoying.

The making fun is very much tongue in cheek, it's more the fact that it's not something they would do themselves. 😆

Yes, I love it, even better when I’ve got the place to myself. Feels like a private screening

Before dc it was one of my great pleasures. I lived in Richmond and would go to Pizza Express and order picky bits like olives, Halloumi fries, kalamari, etc and a bottle of wine to wash it down. Then stagger across the street to the cinema to watch a film with loads of sweets. Oh to be young and carefree again!

Sorry, I was teasing, I was pretty sure it was meant to be DS 😉

Ah let them tease then, my family tease me about everything. I attempt to rise above 😇

I've done this lots of times and really enjoy it. You will see other people there alone too. Who cares once you are sitting down in the dark? You can't talk anyway.

@ShandaLear
Ooooh I'm going to do this.

Yes, I do it often. There are always a few people in the cinema on their own. I love it!

I love going to the cinema on my own.

Yes, I have been a few times on my own. You'll have a lovely time.

I definitely agree with this, I'm in the "I'd do pretty much anything on my own"
Not because I have nobody to ask (mostly) but just because I'm a bit of a loner and prefer my own company sometimes.
Nobody cares, the only time people have noticed me on my own is when they want to join me because they're alone too.
Go for it and ignore DH.

The cinema on my own! I forgot that could be an option. Sitting in a relatively comfy chair watching a fun film (tbh, OP, I would totally go see Barbie with you, it looks great) with no chance of anyone interrupting or yelling 'Mummy!', sounds idyllic.

Go!

100% I do it a couple of times a year! My dh falls asleep in the dark so it's such a waste of money him coming too. I even went alone on my birthday one year to see the Downton Abbey movie, loved it. Splash out and do the recliners, nice snacks etc

Yes? I have a Cineworld pass and I almost never go with anyone. To me cinema going is something I do on my own. I occasionally go with my Mum when I visit my parents but that’s because she’s someone else who doesn’t like going on her own and it lets my Dad (who isn’t keen on cinemas but who ends up going frequently) skip a couple of films!

Of course.

Going to the cinema and theatre by yourself is a pleasure.

I do it regularly

I do- totally comfortable with it for an afternoon as there's fewer people there. (I feel uncomfortable being alone in a crowd, as it makes me feel lonely.)

Once I went and was the only person on the theatre. Was great sat right in the middle for my private showing.

Yes, since getting divorced 5 years ago I do lots of things alone. It's very liberating and, honestly, no one is looking or gives a shit anyway!

Nothing better than a weekday early afternoon screening on your own! It's one of the things I do to treat myself.

Yes, if I go alone I always have an ice cream, a drink and maltesers. If DH is with me I just have ice cream and a drink, thinking he will think I'm greedy if I get both. I see plenty of other people sitting on there own too when I go.