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Going the pub on your own
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Hey.
Im 20, male btw
Im off work for the next few days (had a half day today) so I ended up going into town for the day. I fancied a drink after a bit of shopping so im currently sitting in a pub on my smartphone. I am actually enjoying myself a bit but it would be better with someone.
Anyway, is it sad to sit in a pub on your own esp at my age?I have a paper with me but that only lasts so long. Thing is id like to stay out a few hours (its 1440 atm)
Pretty much everyone here on their own is old which is fine and makes sense but it would be a bit strange to start talking to them.
Any regular pub soloers? What do you do?
Im 20, male btw
Im off work for the next few days (had a half day today) so I ended up going into town for the day. I fancied a drink after a bit of shopping so im currently sitting in a pub on my smartphone. I am actually enjoying myself a bit but it would be better with someone.
Anyway, is it sad to sit in a pub on your own esp at my age?I have a paper with me but that only lasts so long. Thing is id like to stay out a few hours (its 1440 atm)
Pretty much everyone here on their own is old which is fine and makes sense but it would be a bit strange to start talking to them.
Any regular pub soloers? What do you do?
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I go to the pub by myself fairly regularly because sometimes I just want to spend an hour in the company of a good beer, me, myself and I. I don't want to talk to other people, I just want to piss about on twitter calling Ed Milliband a flange. I'm sure some people do look at me as though I'm a sad sack but, hey, I don't care.
As for talking to new people in the pub when I've been out alone, I've done that quite a few times, especially on a night. Sometimes I've been out alone and once it was because I had to put my plastered friend back on the bus home at half eight. It's entertaining to talk shite with new people.
The cinema I go to has a real ale bar at the back. Tyneside Cinema FTW
I'm a bit jealous.
There's one in Brighton that has a bar, but you pay for the privilege (ticket price) and they only have one screen so don't show all the new releases.
I find being alone in the pub really horrible. You just stand or sit there with your drink feeling like a leper or something. I thought it would be a good way to get out there and meet new people like at uni but people seem to go to pubs in groups and stay in those groups. They certainly don't want to be approached by random people they don't know.
I've been out a couple of times alone, or I've ended up alone when I've had to put my lightweight friend back on the bus. People have ended up talking to me and I've actually had quite a good time.
A few people said that they feel nervous. Sometimes if I'm meeting people I get there an hour earlier at the coffee shop so I can chill by myself. I'm still not brave enough to go cinemas by myself though....