LOL, yeah I don't go to the "cinaymaa" in Sialkot. The movie billboards with the mustachioed "heroes" and the brawny "heroines" are scary looking enough. I just rent whatever movie and watch it at home with my cousins.
In the west........psshhht I don't care. ** "Acquaintances" by definition are not people that one is "close" to**.....so their opinion doesn't matter to me. As for close friends and family.....I've told them that I sometimes go to the theater alone and they don't care....a few of them have done the same.
**lol...yes...scary heroes!!!
if they are non-desis, it's OK not to care about them but i was talking about desis...i'm sure you know how gossipy they are 'by nature' ... if they come to know, the whole town will know about it in no time...believe me! **:D
I agree with her. I've done it sometimes when it's a movie no one I know wants to watch. Once or twice I've gotten out of work/class early and just got in the mood to watch a movie.
With all my friends getting married/busy with their careers etc., it's becoming more difficult for everyone to find the time to plan nights out. Therefore, I'll just go out by myself sometimes (I do realize that makes me sort of sound like a loser).
Walking in and out of the theater by myself does feel awkward sometimes, but who cares.
That is precisely the reason I go out by myself. Its not something to be felt 'loser' like. Loner maybe :)
Exactly! Apne kaam c kaam rakho yar :halo:. I have been thinking of going alone for sometime now but i back off at last min but you can’t really blame me, im a girl ! but i think i m gonna try it one of these day. I have actually watched one few yrs bk but not in Pakistan.
Yah, i think so too! More than watching the movie, people here atleast are busy eating :p.
The reason I asked this is because I had a big argument with one of my friends who suggested I should not go out to movies alone because it makes me look like a loser. =(
KKF, I honestly don’t care if the desis where I live see me going alone to a theater. If “gossipy” is your concern…then you know that that desi community will gossip if you go alone, or go with one friend, or go with a group of friends, or go during the day, or go during the night, or wear skinny jeans, or leave your hair down, or if you go without makeup, or with makeup etc.
That doesn't bother me. When you walk into a theater alone....does it necessarily mean that you're alone? No. One could even think that you came with another person who is either buying food, or using the restroom, or will come at a later point. And when the movie starts...people are so absorbed in the movie...that I don't think they pay attention. I know that I don't look around at other people when I'm watching the movie. And when the movie is over....so many people walk out at the same time (one person behind the other) that it's hard to tell if a person is "alone" or not.
Oh, I wasn't talking about the main theater doors. Even if we go as a group, not everyone ends up coming at the exact same time. Some of us even start a movie while holding seats for others to arrive, so it's never all of us going in and coming out at the same time. Weird part is when I'm walking out of the theater room itself when the movie is done. I don't know, I just become a little self-conscious knowing that others know I was here by myself the whole time. Nothing big though.
Its funny how so many people think about going to movies alone and I never tried it as I thought it would make me look like a loser.
Thats it! I'm going alone to a movie very soon :D
No. I actually prefer watching movies at home most of the time... I don't know, I guess I just like to be comfortable in my PJs as I watch them. When I do go, its usually with friends or siblings. I wouldn't have it any other way really, no fun alone.
Yeah i've been a few times by myself when no one else wanted to see something i did. I don't think going to the cinema by yourself makes you a loser at all, it's quite pathetic to think so. I've never had anyone give me an odd look or anything either for going alone, and if they did, i couldnt care less what they think. It's really not a big deal.
! but i think i m gonna try it one of these day. I have actually watched one few yrs bk but not in Pakistan.
