Do you go out alone?

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I always go out alone, because I don't have any friends, I work hard and I need to have a good time to feel like going on living. I can't bear the thought of forever staying home.

I was wondering if (especially as a woman) I'm a rare case in this..?

i go out alone quite a bit, sometimes with people.
i can't stay home forever because i would get bored. ( i am a woman too)

I go out with ma, but when I go out to the movies or something, I'll go by myself (she drives me there).

I could stay home forever and not get bored, but alas, one sometimes needs to go out.

Most of the time I go out with my parents. I don't find going out alone unpleasant, but I don't do it much, and I don't have any friends to go out with.

If I didn't live with my parents I would probably go out much less. (As it is I do not go out all that much, mostly to eat.)

I went to a concert the other night, by myself. I thought the desire to see this band trumped my need to find someone to go with.
Though it was more fun when I saw the same band last year, when I went with my brother and his friends.

When I lived in New York City, and I would go to lunch or dinner, I would always go by myself and ask for "Emily's Table" and they would take you to a table where other women were dining by themselves, too. The restaurants liked it because you weren't taking up a two or 4 top and it kept strange men from introducing themselves to you.

Merle

Do you mean travel everywhere as a buddy system-or go out as in for dinner/movie?

Am agoraphobic female, want to answer question for poll but need clarification: How do you mean "go out" ? To restaurant ? To grocery store ? To movie theater ? To club or party ?

Only places I go, period, are: to grocery store & to mental clinic-alone, or if I can get transportation, with another person (since I can't drive, so I try to elicit rides from others).

Finding self recently single has cut down on my options for being accompanied (at home and in public), as I haven't much of a "friends" network, sadly-at least not offline ones...(it's easier to interact here, online, at ASD forum-but doesn't help me deal with leaving the house & trying to meet people in my town).

Both. I pretty much always go shopping on my own, excersise alone and have been known to go to the movies alone when I was a kid. I enjoy going out with company, but i'm not afraid of my own.

what i wish is that nobody would see me so i can go somewhere without acting like im NT and showing goddamn emotions all the time social overrules everything

never been out on own for danger/awareness,behavior and SI reasons,am go out with staff or family,though often abscond from home due to different problems-often ones am cannot work out,either staff find am or the police will.

am mostly housebound due to the sensory difficulties and hyperacusis,but get to go out in the car as much as possible-go for drives through quiet areas.
am go out every night when there is no noise and even all the noisy drunks have gone to bed,and go for walks around the block with the night staff-bare foot cause the night staff aren't as strict as day staff,usually GFB comes for the walk to.

If "Go out" means school, shopping, library, and occasional fast-food meals... then I go out alone. I spend most of my time in my house, out of preference.

The only place I go by myself is college. Apart from that I always go out with my mother and I go to the cinema with my best friend. I spend most of my time at home anyway.

I recently gave up drinking because I was always going out to bars alone. Although I knew a ton of people by name and they knew my names, I wasn't really "friends" with them in the traditional sense although were on a very friendly basis. The reason I say this is that outside of the bars or just to say "hello" on the street, I really had no contact with them. I also started to have alcoholic "blackouts" whenever I drank, which resulted in me being forced to give up drinking altogether.

Has anyone else had the same experience?

Hi Greentea. I go out mostly alone, especially doing something like clothes shopping which is typically a social activity. I'll be out alone & I see other women out as a group having a great time interacting. I have discovered that most women just don't like me, & they seldom give me a chance. It's the old adage about 1st impressions, I guess. The only time I get to do any social shopping is when I take my girls out shopping. I would imagine that we look rather odd to more socially adept women.

I do belong to a Bible study group. We get together twice monthly. We rarely ever spend much time together outside of the study group though. Not sure what to say to encourage you. It gets lonely doing stuff by oneself especially if it's something that's typically a social activity. But some of us just don't seem to get included. There are plenty of times when i just think it would be easier just to get a dog!

Are there any activities that interest you that you could join in? Here, there are outdoor group enthusiasts, bird watching groups, photo clubs, book clubs, etc. I would encourage you to try getting involved in something you enjoy doing.

Out with me, myself, and I topic

My children only like to go out with me when they can spend my money. I like to walk the dogs by myself, go shopping alone, etc, so I can set my own agenda. I prefer to go sightseeing solitary as well. I never go with others to the library.

For what it is worth, I prefer to do things on my own, and I am with my kids when they need me.