I go to the movies by myself. I remember the first time I did that. I was so freaking nervous and uncomfortable (until the lights dimmed and the movie came on). Now, I'm not bothered by it. Sometimes people don't want to see the movie I want to see so I have no choice. I will admit that I'll go to the movies in the town next door to where I live. I'm afraid I'll see somebody I know and they'll think "she has no friends".

I've only been to a restaurant once by myself and that was in Charleston South Carolina. I felt very strange. Oh and I went to a bar by myself in SC too. Boy, I felt doubly strange there!

Lets see, I go shopping by myself..that's no biggie. I go hiking by myself (with the dog of course). That can be a little scary, depending on what trail I do. I've been to the beach by myself. Strange at first, but then I loved it because I knew I could stay all day and read a book or magazine and watch the waves and not have somebody complain that they're too hot and want to go home.

Going by yourself can be liberating and fun but at times it can be lonely too.