Going to the pub on my own

[poodlefaker]

Mostly in the pub on my own these days

[imitationleather]

Which year did the Titanic sink! Fucking hell. Pub quizzes have got a lot harder since then!

[Anagram of a Shit Name]

1912

[Anagram of a Shit Name]

Came 7th out of 29 teams which I don't think is too bad, with a score of 69 which is nice. Had a bit of help off the bar staff who I think felt sorry for me.

Will do again.

[canadagoose]

Going to the pub on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known

Sorry, had to get that out my head.

[Cold Meat Platter]

Just stay in and get hammered

[Captain Z]

Yeeeaaarss ago I'm in the pub midweek with GF having the breakup convo. She goes to the loo for a sniffle and bloke sidles up with a pintpot full of coins and says You in the quiz mate? Two quid a team, and I go Wha? Er yeah ok. So for the rest of the evening she's like It's not you it's me and I'm listening out for Which midlands team won the FA cup in 1987 and sneaking the answer behind my glass while she's blowing her nose. End of night I'm up on stage for the tie-break, which year did the Titanic sink, closest answer wins. Boom! Twenty quid to me. She's like This is exactly what I've been talking about and I'm like come on, we can have a chinese.

So, in a way, you were both winners!

[holyzombiejesus]

I love going to the pub on my own, totally prefer it to going with friends or loved ones. Certainly don't do it to make friends - eurgh. Happily, I manage to look unapproachable enough to never have to deal with any of that nonsense.

[shoulders]

Once you get to evening, it's pretty much a done deal. People know where they're going and who they plan to speak to. It's a rare bar that manages to encourage interaction in the evenings

Wha!? This couldn't be further from my experience.

[Cleveland Steamer]

I feel like it's a specifically miserable UK thing to feel like it's "sad" to be drinking alone in a pub. I am basing that on fuck all, but I imagine in other countries no one gives a hooting fuck if you're eating your dinner out of a pint glass on your own.

[Underturd]

Which year did the Titanic sink! Fucking hell. Pub quizzes have got a lot harder since then!

To be fair, it's been over a century so there are a lot more possible questions.

[phes]

Wha!? This couldn't be further from my experience.

Huh, that's surprising that we have such different experiences. Given our sample sizes are also very different, I'd guess yours better reflects the population. My experience has been that once it gets later, busier, noisier, and the number of groups with existing plans to meet increases, my chances to socialise as a lone person decrease. Perhaps I'm missing another sweet spot as in recent years I've adjusted to going out in afternoon/early evening. Maybe I need to be more confident!

[mrpupkin]

You may feel anxious and self-conscious at first but will find this dissipates as the evening wears on. This is also known as 'getting pissed' and part of the lifestyle called 'being an alcoholic'.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Going to the pub alone is one of the steps towards having other people to go to the pub with.

[Deskbound Cunt]

I went to the pub on my own last night. Pint whilst reading Pink Floyd's drummer's autobiography. Bloody marvellous. Would recommend.

[madhair60]

going to the pub for five bags of scampi fries. opened them all on the table, made a big mound, beastmoded that shit. not one single person spoke to me.

edit: the paramedic spoke to me.

[beanheadmcginty]

Sit at the bar on your own during a pub quiz and the bar staff usually help you with answers.

[Wet Blanket]

I feel like it's a specifically miserable UK thing to feel like it's "sad" to be drinking alone in a pub. I am basing that on fuck all, but I imagine in other countries no one gives a hooting fuck if you're eating your dinner out of a pint glass on your own.

I'd argue it's the opposite: nobody will look twice at a bloke with a pint on his own in a boozer, but try this is France or Spain and next thing you know Ernest Hemingway is writing a story about you.

[Glebe]

Nipping out to the pub on my own for a 'chekky' (sic) pint!

[ros vulgaris]

Try a gay pub if you're worried about standing out. Most of the clientele are loners in my experience.

It might be just me but I really enjoy a solo pint in a railway station bar, just sitting back with a book or watching the world go by. And less anxiety about being on your own as people would just assume you're waiting for a connection.

[PaulTMA]

I managed 4th place in music pub quiz in The Lexington on my own, pretty good considering I was only in there for a solo pint or two the day after a wedding when I was severely hungover and had no idea the quiz was even going to be on.  I considered that the same thing as winning, even if no one else did

Had a solo pint before a gig last week, a friend had pulled out and I ended up getting approached by a bloke who wanted to discuss The Black Crowes.  Less of a triumph that one.  I ran out of steam after saying oh yeah, they've got that one with the pubes on the cover and the guy fucked off

[paddy72]

Another advocate for solo pub, here.

When I was single, I'd regularly go to the pub on Sunday afternoon, have a nice roast dinner, spend a couple of hours reading the paper. Then I'd go home for a nap. It was fucking brilliant.

[pancreas]

Go and just before it starts find a team you like the look of and ask to join on the basis your mate just cancelled on you. Prepare a reason why.

[Jockice]

Try going in using a wheelchair. People will talk to you. Well they'll ask you if you're on your own and not waiting for someone and if you reply that you are indeed on your own and not waiting for someone then they'll studiously ignore you for the rest of your time in there.

Or so I've heard.

[Underturd]

Why are they ignoring you? Shouldn't they be patting you on the head, and going awww because you're being an inspiration, going out by yourself?

[Jockice]

Probably because I tell them to fuck off and leave me alone as soon as they approach me.

[Underturd]

That's appalling behaviour from a wheelchair user and you know it ;-)

[Jockice]

I'm an appalling man.

[Underturd]

That's what I like to hear!

[steve98]

I'm an appalling man.

That's not true! In fact in another Thread your name was mentioned as someone who would willingly lend a stranger his wheelchair so that said stranger could try out his mobile  mini-bath of beans fundraiser idea (As long as the beans and tomato sauce were thoroughly washed off afterwards (which of course they would be.))