Doing things alone - Page 3

Originally Posted by spertia

Unless I'm with my wife and/or daughter, I do everything alone. I literally don't have any friends in the town where I live. Some would say that is sad, but I'm fine with it. Even if I did make a friend here, I doubt I would want to get together with that person very often. I find that just talking on the phone with people is often tedious.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

My wife had a professional conference to attend out of town, and I came along to play "lazy corporate spouse".

Originally Posted by chorse123

Yeah, this can be great. My wife may get a chance to go to Paris for a few days this spring and if she does.... How long can I spend at Charvet before they kick me out?

Originally Posted by robin

It really varies person to person. I'm perfectly fine going off to do things by myself (traveling alone is awesome) and see nothing wrong with it, but I'm also an introvert and being around and engaging with lots of people constantly is actually tiresome for me.

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

I don't think it's the beer culture in Portland in particular. Local watering holes are similar everywhere. They're weary of outsiders at first, but after a "breaking in" period, you'll get to meet some very good people. There's a local bar outside of Boston that's always close to my heart. I spent many a nights alone there, having drinks and chitchatting with the locals. I didn't go there because I had nowhere else to go--I could've easily called up one of my buddies and go to a Boston meat market. I went there because it was my own time, drinking what I like, and just kicking back generally. Now, I make a point of going back there at least every year, just to say hi.

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

The only thing I feel too weird doing alone is going to movies. Wild horses couldn't drag me to a movie theater alone no matter how much I want to see the movie.

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

The only thing I feel too weird doing alone is going to movies. Wild horses couldn't drag me to a movie theater alone no matter how much I want to see the movie.

Originally Posted by blank

I've been in NYC for eight months and now that it's warming up, there's an endless list of things I want to do. Most of them involve riding my bike and sitting, relaxing in Central Park, but others are a little more time and cash consuming. And with a small network of friends, and the other personal occupations that they have, I might start doing some of them alone. But as a single guy in the city, I don't know if that's a good idea -- and yet, I don't know why.

I'd like to go around and try to find the best cheeseburger I can find.
Also milkshake, perhaps.
I'd like to travel around the other boroughs (well, not Staten Island) and find what's culturally appealing.

How do you become accustomed to doing things alone? My roommates and I are good friends but we have different interests -- if we were in Brooklyn, for example, I'd probably want to find some cool clothing stores, and they wouldn't. But even putting that aside, there will be plenty of times when they're just busy.

Thoughts? I guess the reason I bring it up is that it can feel strange to be alone a lot in the city, and even though I have close friends, doing typically social things alone can seem off.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

. Both at work, due to my position, and socially, due to my gregarious nature, I tend to be if not the center of attention, at least a focus of attention. I am constantly surrounded by people that desire a piece of my energy. So when I get the chance to do something alone, I simply love it.

Originally Posted by blank

But as a single guy in the city, I don't know if that's a good idea -- and yet, I don't know why.