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Life After College: Navigating Life On My Own
July 21, 2009 Posted in Reality
This past Saturday I did what every 20-something girl does on the weekend: I took myself to see Harry Potter. Alone. I was dying to see the movie and no one would go with me so I took my first step on my path to becoming a cat lady and went to see it by myself.
I spent ten minutes debating whether getting food would make me look like a liberated woman without a care in the world or a pathetic loser who not only sees movies alone but also dines alone. In the end I went with no food because I really can’t justify a ten dollar popcorn, even if it does come with free Raisinets (there’s a reason they have to give these away for free). Also, if I got a drink there would be no one to save my seat while I went to the bathroom.
The upside of going alone is that there are a lot more seating choices when you’re only looking for one seat. The downside are the pity stares when people ask if there’s anyone using the seat on either of me and I say no. I began to spot other singles in the theater and I smiled at them like we shared a secret. I tried to communicate with my eyes that maybe we could start a solo movie viewee club and swap a pair of jeans that fit all of us to give us comfort whenever we sat alone in public places. No one returned my eye messages, so for now I’ll still continue wearing just my jeans to the movies.
The movie started and I started to get frustrated when I realized that I had no one to make comments to when something big happened. But I abandoned all social courtesy halfway through the movie and instead just started telling the person next to me all my commentary. As my commentary continued, so did his discomfort, and he slowly began turning away from me until his body was perpendicular to mine and he was watching the wall instead of the movie.
His loss.
The movie ended and I came to the conclusion that seeing a movie alone really isn’t the worse thing. However, the gentleman next to me might tell you that sitting next to a person seeing a movie alone is the worst thing. It’s certainly not something I’m going to do every weekend, but it’s nice to know that if no one will go see Ice Age 8 with me, I can go all by myself.
Next of my list of things to prove my maturity and independence is getting drunk alone, followed by AA meetings alone, followed closely by adopting a cat alone.
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sauer kraut says:
Tue, 21st Jul 20099:28 am
If you get drunk alone, who will pull your head out of the john?
Robero says:
Tue, 21st Jul 20099:49 am
HAHA what a great sense of humor
Liam says:
Tue, 21st Jul 200911:35 am
Maybe you should try getting some friends. No one wants to be annoyed by some stranger while their trying to watch a movie!
Nikki says:
Tue, 21st Jul 200912:03 pm
HAHA Jenni if you're still in 'Cuse when Ice Age 8 comes out (OH GOD, I don't think I can stay here THAT long!) I'll go with you! LOL. The guy I'm seeing says I need to take a movie in on my own in order to appreciate it. He says he prefers it…I'm like WTF? There's 2 things I could never see myself doing: A) Solo movie and B) Solo dining….I can pull off sitting at the bar and taking in a meal…I've had to do it on business trips, etc. but not actually being seated at a table…he thinks it'll somehow "better" me. I'm not sure if that's true but maybe I'll try it one of these days, just to prove to myself that I can do it! I mean, I've always been pretty independent, NEVER got the point of visiting the bathroom in groups so it shouldn't be TOO bad, right?
chickdowntown.com Ch says:
Tue, 21st Jul 20092:11 pm
I'm still in college, but I can't wait until I graduate and move on. Maybe I shouldn't be so ready
sauer kraut says:
Tue, 21st Jul 20097:11 pm
Nikki… you need to find yourself a different man. One with some sense, decency and who actually likes you. Might help if he's a bit normal, too.
Kate says:
Tue, 21st Jul 200911:08 pm
I am a 23 year old virgin. FML.
Justin says:
Sat, 25th Jul 200912:11 am
pffftt doing things alone is more fun, you don't get tied down by entertaining the other parties. You get to meet a ton of new friends if you're outgoing enough. When go to places alone, I'm forced to talk to the people around me. As a result, i make a ton of interesting new friends.
Once at black friday, I went alone to camp out for a laptop I really wanted. I ended up making friends with everyone around me hearing some really really interesting stories.
Talk to people! they might surprise you
svnbelle says:
Sun, 16th Aug 20092:29 pm
sometimes I think people don't ACTUALLY read the full article that was written. She has friends but noone wanted to see it with her, and she did NOT know the guy who was next to her- it wasn't some low life she was dating that disrespected her. GEEZ.
Sachin Naik says:
Sun, 3rd Jan 20105:59 am
I have watched 45 movies alone in cinema believe me