Lovelyish

1) Who cares what other people think?
2) It’s dark and no one is looking for people sitting alone to single out. They’re either a) with their friends and yacking it up about something asinine or b) alone, just like you.

I never go to the movies alone. It’s no fun with just myself. 

I go with friends or my bf. 

LOL I go alone. Actually, I’m planning to see Friends with Benefits alone, because I can’t think of anyone who would want to see it with me. Plus, it might be awkward. And I want to watch Harry Potter alone, because I went with my ex last time, and he criticized it the whole time. I wanted to smack him and sit somewhere else.

I love doing things alone because i can do it in my own pace. Like walking home, sure its fun walking with your friends, but i am a slow walker, its a workout just trying to walk the same speed as my friends! And going to the mall, its fun going with friends, but going with friends make me spend more money then i intend to. And then the movies.. i dont think id ever go to the movies alone, i dont think its weird when people go alone, but i just wouldnt be able to go alone.

I went to the movies alone once but it was during the weekday, so there wasn’t a crowd. I glanced around as I sat down and I also noticed a few people, who also went to the movies alone, so I didn’t feel so awkward or alone, because our collective alone-ness somehow felt united or something I enjoyed being able to pick the best seat and nobody walking in front of me several times in my row to go to the bathroom like they usually do when it is crowded during peak hours/weekends. or I’d be disrupted due to someone’s cell phone light that I’d notice even if they sat far from me, which tends to happen when there are lots of people. no random babies/toddlers crying or kicking the seats. no bubble gum popping, nonstop loud whispering or other obnoxious behavior. nearly the perfect silence is golden theatre experience because I’m an attentive movie watcher and hate missing dialogue when I’m disrupted by others walking in front of me. it is nice to go with someone else, too, which I usually do, but there are also pros of going alone.

i don’t go alone, it’s too expensive! if i’m going to pay  to see a movie i go with friends, it just seems more worth the money that way

I do it all the time.  If there’s a movie I really want to see, I’ll just get up and go see it on my own time and not have to worry about everyone else’s schedule.  

@bAbiiExxPiNay@xanga - Yeah, that’s what annoys me – friends who bash movies you go to see with them and find every nitpicky problem, even if it’s a relatively good movie.

i always go alone o_o

I actually LOVE going to the movies alone, and in some cases, I prefer it! I blogged a little guide to solo movie-going here: http://www.suburbansweetheart.com/2011/05/im-loner-dottie-rebel-guide-to-solo.html Hope you’ll check it out… and then give it a go at seeing a movie alone! I think you’ll love it.

i’ll go with you. tee hee

@SuburbanSweetheart - I don’t think you really need a guide.  All you need to do is just not care.

@Chibi_Son_Gokou@xanga - I think a quick look at the “guide” will show you that I wasn’t being super serious. That said, I think there are things that can help people ease into it for the first time. 

You’re worrying way too much about what other people think!

Sketchy online websites … duh.

going to movies alone ? — never !!!
I rather download and watch it at home or wait til my friends are not busy

I’ve never gone alone before. Luckily, I always find someone to go with, who’s been dying to see the same movie too. But if they flake, then I’ll probably try to stream it online

I would, but I haven’t yet. I’m always tempted to when I’m alone at the mall, which is next to a theater.

I always go to the movies alone. I would like to have friends to go with so we could discuss the movie afterwards but I don’t have friends. I’m the most self-conscious person ever yet when I go to the theater alone and I’m happy with that. Its dim before the movie and then during the movie everybody’s attention is on the movie. It’s so much better to be in the movie theater alone than with company especially if they can’t keep their mouth shut. I can’t go as much as I would like to now because its so expensive.

It’s not as fun. I like having someone there to laugh with or cry with (depending on the movie of course). I especially will not go see scary or horror movies alone. I can barely watch those with my boyfriend. I just watched Paranormal Activity a couple weeks ago with my sister, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, my brother and one of his friends. I still can’t get to sleep right away at night.

Shh. Let me tell you a secret….. 

No one is thinking about you. 

Only you are. They’re all thinking about themselves, just like you.

So go to a movie. Enjoy yourself. Feel liberated in having the courage to do something you’re afraid to do. 

I promise, no one is worried about you but you.

I went to the movies alone all the time before I turned 30 and had kids.

I go shopping by myself. But I HATE it. That’s the one thing I’m most self conscious about. I’m actually more likely to buy something I don’t need when I’m alone then when I’m with someone. It must be the fact that, by myself, I’m too embarrassed to put something back I don’t want (or just walk out empty handed) then I am with a friend. It’s weird. But I can go eat alone or even go to the movies alone. No problem. 

@galadrielspitcher@xanga - Same here! Movies by yourself are so wack.

B) for me, all the way! I’m 26, and I love going to movies alone! I’m sure people aren’t looking at me anyway, but if they do, they can see me as someone who is self-sufficient enough to do things by myself if I want to. I don’t care about the relationship status of other people at the movies, and I’m sure they don’t care about mine.

eh, movie theatre alone is a normal thing for me… but then again i’m a film major and enjoy my solitude. no one looks at you weird, trust me. quit worrying about what other people think and just enjoy the damn movie

i went to see “soul surfer” alone for the first time on the day it came out. my friends were all busy at the only time i could go see it. it wasn’t as big of a deal as i thought it was. you’re sitting in a dark room, watching a movie. you’re not supposed to be talking to friends.

actually, it’s funny because when the movie was over, i realized that a couple of my friends were in the same theatre with their family. so, i could’ve sat with them if i had seen them. oh well. it was a good experience.

oh, and, for me, a great thing about going alone is that i’m not as self-conscious and i’m not as afraid to cry during a movie. “soul surfer” has some intense scenes and i didn’t bother holding back because i wasn’t sitting with anyone.

I go to the movies alone sometimes. I see nothing wrong with it.

When I moved to Dallas for college, I didn’t know anyone at first, and I started to go to restaurants and movies by myself. I loved it! Then, when my husband was deployed, I started doing it again. That wasn’t as much fun, mainly because of the movie selection on post, but I still like doing it. In fact, I may start doing that during his evening classes this summer.

The only thing I don’t like is when people try to talk to me while I’m there by myself. Usually, I excuse myself to go to the bathroom and sit somewhere else. But don’t be afraid to do it, nobody is thinking you’re a loser if you’re alone. Or, if they are, they probably aren’t the kind of people you would want to know anyway. And really, does it matter what some random people in a theater think? Go by yourself, it’s fun!

I’m 24 and I’ve been going to movies by myself since I was probably about 20.

Personally, I don’t care what someone may or may not think of me for going to a movie a lone.

It’s a nice way to spend a quiet day. I usually bring in my own snacks too. The theaters are quieter if you are able to go a lone during the week (my fav!).

Sure, it’s nice to go with someone, but I won’t go out of my way, or not see a movie I really want to see because I couldn’t make my schedule work with someone elses.

And with the 3D movies out now, I see a lot of movies by myself. I can’t see 3D, at all, so it is a total waste of money, but it is very popular right now (at least in my area) so if the movie is out in 2D and 3D, they all want to see the 3D, I usually just attend the 2D a lone and save the few bucks.

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - 

Random people try to talk to you in the movies? Strangers? Where the heck do you live? lol

@HopeWithinReach@xanga - The places where this happened are Austin, Dallas, and on an army post in Germany. The first two, I think the people were trying to be friendly, but on post, it was a soldier who clearly could tell that I was a wife of a deployed husband. One of the nastier truths about army life is that a lot of wives cheat with soldiers while their husbands are gone… I got away from that guy pretty fast, because another fact is, rumors spread like wildfire on post.

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - 

Air bases must be a lot different, or maybe it’s just California. Strangers don’t talk to strangers, on or off base and being a Native Californian, I tend to get a little annoyed when they do try to talk to me, it’s my initial guy instinct

And it’s not just Army life, it’s common across the branches.

I’ll never forget the first time I was in Colorado, they are SO friendly their the teller asked me how I was, I said “fine” and then she continued to chat with me, I must have looked shocked because she said “you aren’t from here are you” lol

I love to go to the movies by myself!  It’s so much more relaxing!!

No because I think it’s more of a social event.

I see movies by myself frequently. Of course…I also work at the theatre.

Yes, I go alone the time. It’s less hassle that way – you can pick the time, sit wherever you want. Of course you don’t have anyone to talk to afterwards but oh well!