Going it alone.

I went to 'An audience with Alan Bennet' in Leeds by myself, and even stood up and asked him a question !

If anyone reading this was there I was the lady in the bright yellow cardigan.

if only we knew of people living nearby who would like company sometimes. i live close to bluewater in north kent, which has a fancy multi screen cinema, and would be happy to meet up with anyone wanting to see a good film.

I also do most things on my own,have friends that share some interests but not the ones I really enjoy.Have recently bought a Caravan and I am going away in it next week,Tuesday to Saturday,one friend is staying overnight on the Tuesday but she hates caravans !!!. Appreciate her making the effort though,then it'll be just me and the dog the rest of the week,apprehensive but excited at the same time ?

I don't really have a problem doing stuff/going to places on my own as usually OH is working or doesn't want to go out. However what I do have a problem with is travelling back home alone at night. Unfortunately my sister and I live miles apart and both say it's a shame we can't accompany each other to things !

I go to the cinema on my own, as married friends seem to have to ask their husbands for permission to join me on jaunts or prepare a special lunch for him to leave as a sop. My husband never gave, or gives ( we are separated but meet up) a damn when I go off on holiday on my own or with a woman friend. He is totally uninterested in my private affairs, always has been. Why am I still married to him? Some misguided 1950ishnotion that he represents security. Ooh, don't I sound bitter? I try not to be, tell myself he's what my ma would have called" a small parcel".

Just do it once, and see how easy it is. I have no choice but to go alone these days. And I love it! So, OP, if you really want to see the Absolutely Fabulous film, use that to give you the courage to go alone. As other posters have said, I am never the only person on my own, and often get into conversation with other people. But if you don't want to, you don't have to. I would hate to miss films and plays I really want to see (especially the live Theatre Relays at my local cinema). It might have looked odd 50 years ago, but these days it doesn't make a scrap of difference, alone or in a group. Enjoy your film!

I always go on my own and prefer it.

Afternoon Silver viewing schemes are so well used by single older folk - even couples who don't share the same taste in films - people don't care these days they enjoy their free cuppa and biscuits and, what's more, cheap seats! Just go and enjoy the film. Tbere are greater 'going it alone' fears to be concerned about than enjoying leisure time!

you should go any where on your own having no one to go with should not stop you i been to the theatre on my own and had a lovely time
talking to the lady next to me and i been to the cinema

Yes, go for it, you never know who you might meet when you are there,I hope you enjoy yourself!

I have been to the cinema and theatre on my own with no problems.
Now I go to one of Essexgirl's coffee clubs and hope to join some of the other events.
You could always try posting on your local GN Forum to see if there's anyone local to you in the same boat.

Do you have Streetlife in your area or a U3A film group? I often go to the cinema on my own but think this one would be more fun with someone else

I often go to the theatre on my own as my husband's hearing loss makes it impossible for him to follow the play. I enjoy being able to move from my designated seat (behind a fat man with a big head) and move to an empty seat at the first interval. The odds on two people finding better seats are not as good!

I go on my own to the cinema and theatre and for days out sometimes too. Now I'm used to doing this I quite like it although it would be nice to have someone to talk to about it. I'd rather go on my own than not go at all, but that's just me I reckon

I want to see that film too. I doubt very much that Captain Narrowboat will want to come along, and I have no idea where we will be in the country when it comes out - Banbury, probably, cos we are heading that way from Oxford. There's bound to be a cinema there, isn't there? I'm used to going places on my own and can usually find some one to chat to.

I go to lots of things on my own. Would prefer company, but have no one to go with either. Have already booked for Ab Fab ;-)

Whilst I can enjoy attending events on my own, there are some experiences I like to share. I am lucky in that I joined the National Housewive's Register (now the National Women's Register nwr.org.uk) in the 70's and, despite having moved to far flung parts of the UK I kept in touch with my NHR friends, moved back to live near them and we often go on girls' outings together. We don't belong the the NWR (because we are all so busy!) but have great memories to share of it's predecessor's various activities. Looking at the website it seems just as lively as ever.

Hope you can go yourself. It is not so bad really. When my husband was working in London I went to loads of shows on my own in the afternoon and loved them all.

Go on your own and be happy. The chances are you may well meet another person on their own and make friends.

I go to the cinema about twice a week ..on my own. No one really notices to be honest, just enjoy.
My policy is that if I don't go alone I don't go....and that is 'not fair'. !!!

Yes go on your own - or join U3A - maybe we should create a group so people could find other gransnetters who want someone to go on trips with.

Have never been to a cinema alone or a theatre, but prefer to go alone to galleries and museums, to take my time and look at the things that interest me.I would go anywhere alone if I had to.You could go during the daytime ruby if you would rather that than go in the evening.

I used to go to gigs by myself when I was young, as I tended to like people whom no-one else liked! Hadn't done it for years and years until I wanted to see the live screening of "Madam Butterfly", a couple of years ago, and no-one else in the family wanted to go. Went by myself and it was fine.

I also went in a pub by myself for the first time ever, a few weeks ago. (To be honest, I'd had a row with my husband and didn't feel like staying at home!) I took a book, drank a pint and felt very comfortable.

I would sometimes go to the cinema on my own when I was a student.It was generally in the afternoon but I thought nothing of it. I would do so now if there was something I really wanted to see andDH didn't.

I used to be really scared of going out on my own, but after several years after divorce I started going to things. Far from being a lonely experience, it has found me new friends as I see the same people at things I attend regularly. As are silt of braving it the first time, I now find I rarely have to anymore as I know lots more people. You won't meet new peop,e if you stay in !