Would you go to exhibition in your own?

[Oakstreet]

One in London I want to see but either no one is interested, or no money and I can't afford to pay for a friend, far this year I've paid for her lunches, and she has never once repaid me, so I've said sorry can't afford it as she would expect me to pay her tube/train too, probably food, yes she has been through a tough time but I'm not loaded, far from it. So I'm going on my own? Is it like going to the cinema on your own, weird?

Actually also just remembered I’m going to see Stevie Nicks on my own on July. Tickets are a fucking obscene amount of money so it wasn’t easy to get a friend to go so I decided to go by myself as I’ll probably never get the chance to go again. I’m honestly not one bit bothered.

Absolutely go

I accept my tastes in art or cinema are not everyone's and am happy to go by myself. I'd never go to opera, would avoid Coldplay like the plague, and there are other things I would not go to, so why force my taste on other people.

Not weird at all.

I'd rather go on my own! Can take my time to look at what I want then and have my own thoughts about it

I think I would rather go alone as you can move around at your own space. I'd like to do more of this kind of thing but I have a horrible feeling DH would choose to come with me !

I go to galleries, museums, theatre, cinema, festivals, restaurants etc on my own. It's not weird at all, it's liberating.

@Oakstreet

💯 per cent i would go to this Art exhibition and have done in the past been to lots of art exhibitions on my own,
precisely for the reasons you said,

You will gaurentee enjoy yourself too going to art exhibitions on your own,

Obviously not in quite the same way as with a friend but just in a different way,

I am going to Van Gogh interactive impressionist latest art exhibition in London in May
the one where you feel you have entered the famous painters 🎨 world...

I go to museums alone as often as possible, it’s great to just be able to please yourself.

@Oakstreet

Also gives you something interesting or different to talk about socially sometimes too

Such as going to see Poor Things film on my own
I was going to go second time with a couple of friends but it just didn't happen

I have just started a basic foundation accredited art course,

And my art Tutor started talking about what she thought of Poor Things film, in the art session,

So i piped up and mentioned what i thought of this film too..

Yes I go to exhibitions on my own. I actually prefer doing a lot of things alone.

I prefer going alone - I can go at my own pace and look at the things I find interesting for as long as I like. I often stop to take notes/sketches etc and find company actively annoying on those occasions!

YABU for thinking it’s weird to go to the cinema alone.

@NahNeedsGarlic

Totally agree with on that point too that's why why i ❤️ visting museums art galleries cinema sometimes on my own too.

No need to have to rush around at someone else pace too etc..

I sometimes go with friends too

I appreaciate both

I even like doing clothes shopping on my own sometimes or occasionally..

Literally no one will look at a person on their own at an exhibition and think they’re unusual/odd in any way.

@Girasole02

I do same thing too

It definitely is liberating!

I go to lots of stuff on my own. If I didn't I wouldn't do much at all!

I only said you are being unreasonable for thinking even for one second that going to a cinema or an exhibition alone is weird. Neither is remotely weird.

YABU to ask/worry about this. It's London, people wouldn't care if you took all your clothes off and set your pubes on fire at Piccadilly Circus.

Best way to go IMO

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I went to a gig last month - no one else is into their music and there was no way I was missing out. I was up and dancing with others, totally lost in it all.

There was a couple sitting in front of me and you could tell he'd rather be anywhere else but there, and she kept glancing at him. So instead of losing herself in the music, she was clearly on edge. If only she'd done something weird like - you know, gone alone.

I went to a gig with my DH a year or so ago and have never felt so bored, but wouldn't show it. I resolved then that I'd never drag him along to something he wasn't into and vice versa. Life is too short

@Zofloraqueen27 You're an inspiration! Thank you

I always go somewhere I really want to just by myself. Either my friends are too busy or simply not interested, but I don't mind going somewhere alone. Recently, I went to a beauty exhibition by myself and bought a couple of things at a massive discount. So, why should I stop myself if no one wants to accompany me?

Did you enjoy blood brothers? It was one of the best plays I've ever seen

I go to 90% of things on my own, love it.

I go to all sorts of things on my own, including the cinema and theatre. What's weird about it?