Oh yes I forgot I’ve been to evening gigs alone in the town centre . Some of the pubs a bit rough but my favourite group was playing . I used to get a front standing place to watch that was until the place packed out with 6ft tall blokes who stood in front of me and blocked my view so I would squeeze myself through the hoardes and put myself in front again until i got stood in front of . So then I just stood looking at tall people in front. How rude !
The music was good though
I go fishing on my own.
I don’t have a problem with doing certain things on my own - going to the cinema/theatre or out for meal. Obviously it would be more fun with friends but, if they are not around and I really want to go, so be it. Holidays? Yes, been there - done that. I used to enjoy food shopping with a friend - until she became a ‘born again slimming world’ disciple - now it is a nightmare as she drags out her mobile 'phone and checks every item for ‘syns’! Now I prefer to shop alone. Two places I would never go unescorted - a pub or a working mens club - definitely a no, no.
I suppose I never go to places like the cinema, sports event, bar etc on my own because they are things I’d normally go anyway. I’m more of a fan of doing things that don’t require others or many others. I’ve got social anxiety really bad.
I enjoy my own company and most of my interests don’t require others.
My husband goes fishing on his own, cuts trees on his own and does plenty of woodworking / woodcarving. Nobody makes fun of him that he actually cares about. His old boss sent his a very little very sweat shirt jacket with a hoodie. It reads on the front : I love fishing and maybe 3 people. 
@Artangel, I couldn’t stop giggling when I read your story - thanks for sharing this amusing tale - you are such a great raconteur, I expect you entertained the people well when you inadvertently gate-crashed their private functions!
You must have felt mortified! - good on ya for having the guts and staying power to finally find the group you were meant to be meeting - I think I may have been a coward and fled after the first encounter - though I’m sure the people you gate-crashed didn’t mind and must have seen the funny side too - perhaps your brief encounter with the couple on a date provided a good ice-breaker for them! 
I’m sure you made it a memorable date! 
I’ve been doing things on my own for so long now, I have forgotten what it’s like to do things with a partner. Luckily I have friends though, although I still do most things on my own.
I usually go on holidays and evenings out with friends or family but I wouldn’t rule out going on holiday alone - there are some quiet, remote places that I’d rather like to go on my own for walking.
I sometimes go to a venue on my own if I particularly want to see a theatre performance or a concert.
I’ve been to quite a few classical music concerts and ballet performances on my own and will go for a meal or a drink near the theatre on my own before or after the performance, as it’s all part of the treat of going to the theatre.
If I’m joining a club or group, such as a book club, a walking group or an evening class, I prefer to join on my own rather than join with a friend because I find it’s easier to get to know the other people in the group if I join on my own.
Bratti and Boot, l am so pleased my experience made you laugh! I had actually forgotten about it, until this thread appeared.
My life has never been normal and so many funny things have happened in it… well maybe at the time they weren’t so funny but after, with hindsight, they were!
It was the cheek of me plonking myself down beside that couple on their date! How polite of them not to say anything until l asked, where everyone else was?
The private birthday party, it would have been worse if they had served the food and l had scoffed it!!
I appreciate your openness and honesty. You tell it like it is or ‘was.’ While reading it I could actually imagine you doing it. The couple on the date were incredibly good sports. Maybe they appreciated the distraction. Your intervention may have helped them. Either way, it was such a cute story. Thanks for sharing it with us.
As a lifelong singleton, I really have no choice but to do things on my own. Yes, I have been places and holidays with my late mum, or I sometimes shop with my sister, but I have flown half way round the world alone, twice (and enjoyed every minute). Been to so many countries on my own I have lost count. Simply because I love travelling and wanted to see all those places.
Yes, eaten in restaurants and one or two pubs. Theatre and cinema, yes.
Talking about gatecrashing, once in Madeira I went to the famous wine tasting place, walked in, started taking samples, then was approached by someone and told nicely but firmly that it was a private event. Eeeeeeek!
I’m in a crowd but on my own.
It’s been written.
I too have no problem going to clubs, pubs, restaurants, theatres etc by myself. In fact in the latter you can often pick up a really good seat in a row vacant purely because it is a single (not that I have been to the theatre for two years)
The only problem with restaurants is that they can sit you in a really bad place, say near the kitchen door, but either I object and they move me or I leave and don’t go back.
