Do any of you go out alone ??

[IllegallyBrunette]

I mean of an evening to the pictures, or a bar or anything, completely alone, no friends, date etc.

Just wondered if anyone did.

Must be. We have hijacked nuttys thread. Sorry

thought that - apologies too

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I always go out alone, and to pubs, coffee shops..wherever it may take me.

Life is far too short to worry about this kind of thing. I will go to Wetherspoons and order a meal with my newspaper / magazine...and if I get 'looks' then fuck em.
Last time I did this though, I had a very interesting convo with 2 blokes. They expected all the 'been stood up' lingo, but actually I go out because I have precious time on my own. They were very intruigued and they both bought me a pint. Sat and chatted for hours with them. One of them offered me a lift which I politely declined as I only lived 5 mins walk away. Good excuse for declining lifts LOL. We ended up getting an available booth in the pub and just chatted. I never even knew their names but they were both married, had kids and stuff. We got hammered and put the world to rights. Very memorable evening even if they forgot about it now.

Can honestly say I've never been to the pics on my own, but if I'm hungry on a Friday night, I will purchase reading material and head off to Wetherspoons. I hate Friday nights when the girls are out and I'm sat on my arse here doing a lot of nothing.
Best get out, feed belly, have pints and say bollocks to whomever may be thinking I've been stood up. I don't care what onlookers may think. It's my life, not theirs.

Sorry, am ranting. Am a bit pissed LOL

No problem CC & SDOT, you know, perhaps you two should date or something, you get on so well LOL.

I went to bed early in the end, which is such a waste of a night, but, couldn't be doing with myself for company any longer.

Wish id gone to bed earlier I feel rough as a dog.
How did the house visit go?
Sorry again for hijacking thread.
Do you have someones dog you could borrow? Thats another good lonesome activity with potential to get chatting to other dog walkers fit men.
I comtemplated going to the pub once on my own and Lou33 ended up coming with me.
Are there no local Mnetters you can cling onto?

that was a funny night cc

yeah sorry for keeping you up cc - hope you got rickman moved in.

and as for dating, my last gf lived 180 miles away which was hard to say the least. dont exactly want someone on my doorstep but a couple of hours away is my limit i think. sadly cc lives way down south.

Wasnt it Lou
I was telling Lee about Mr Dobby as we went to that pub for lunch last week..I said we left the pub alone and by the time we had got down that alley you had pulled
SD03 I got up ok somehow, did you?
Rickman is moved, left her with numerous boxes of clutter in each room but got the main bits sorted...now she just needs to find a nice farmer to live with her in the country

haha, hardly pulled, i just wanted a lift back to yours to save getting soaked again

Not single, but have no problem going to the cinema on my own now I've tried it!

Was a bit unsure before I went, but in the end it was fab. Went to see what I wanted (my friends had either seen the film or didn't want to), didn't have to wait to get there together or banter over the time & as you sit there in silence for most of it I didn't miss being on my own!

I've been to a restaurant on my own too - mainly because I was in town for an interview & needed to eat & thought I may as well have a decent meal. That was a bit more awkward though, but read the paper.

I go to plays, concerts, holidays even some time supermarket shopping on my own!!

Don't do pubs anymore though, one bad experience and anyway with the price of drinks & food these days, don't fancy it anyway

You're only on your own until you start talking to someone..

I go to the cinema on my own always, even if I could be going with someone else. Just prefer it that way. Have eaten out alone but usually take a book or newspaper, go to galleries and exhibitions alone. Doesn't bother me at all. xh never wanted to do the things I wanted anyway and if he did he always moaned and we had to leave after half an hour. I would go on holiday alone too. Was thinking about Toronto or New York in a couple of years. Really doesn't bother me but my family think I am a bit of a freak .

Hi, back on Mumsnet after a while off.
This thread cuts to the quick with me. My one night a week when dd is at her Dads, I have sod all to do so go to a yoga class on my own. I'm finding that my friends are just not there now I'm single and I don't know what's happened and where everyone seems to have gone. Is keeping friends such a hard thing or am I just crap at it or were they not friends in the first place. My few closest friends are all happily married so still doing all that, my other group of friends, work, is a very transient bunch so not reliable. And that's about it! Feel very lonely and dunno what to do about it.
I have considered going to the cinema on my own but haven't done yet, I would not go and sit in a pub on my own plus am rubbish at striking up conversations with people. Would def go to an art gallery or something on my own - but haven't done that yet. I joined www.spiceuk.com and do a few things with them when I have time to myself.
Good luck

Hi aimeesmummy, I have thought of joining spice, too. Some of the events sound interesting. Have you made any friends via spice?

Hiya, I don't do enough of the "social" events (ie meals out) to make new friends, I tend to do courses, have just booked myself onto an archery one-day course. I have made a couple of friends though, One I've met up with once outside of Spice. I'd definitely recommend joining! You can get what you want out of it, I just don't do enough events. Don't do it to meet guys though, someone told me before I joined that you meet some really nice intelligent women and some really geeky guys - and that's been true in my experience!!!