Me too. I'm fine with going to the movies and shopping alone. Eating alone...well...I agree with another poster who said that they like to chat while waiting for the food. If it's a casual enough place, I'll bring a book and read that while waiting.

Interestingly enough, it's MrRedRose that has problems doing things by himself, although he's getting better at it.

I can't go to the movies by myself and I hate going to restaurants by myself. I know it's stupid to feel this way, but I feel like a loser cuz everyone else in the theater or in the restaurant is in couples or groups. The only time I'll eat by myself is if I'm grabbing a quick bite at a fast food place. I do like to shop by myself, because I can go into whatever stores I want and I can spend as much time as I want in those stores.

True dat... you just added to my list of pet peeves. :p

I prefer shopping for clothes alone... I usually can't get much shopping done around other people.

Once in a blue moon I see a movie by myself, but it's better with friends.

I will eat alone if it's a quick thing or I have some schoolwork I can work on at the table (in an appropriate place, like the cafeteria). I will not eat by myself at a nice restaurant where people wait a long time. This is not a safety issue; this is an I-feel-like-an-idiot issue.

Re: boys girls and doing things alone?
 

I don't know that is always true. Some of my best memories at the Student Union involved meeting hot chics that were eating, studying, or working on something by themselves. This is how I met up with the former president of the Chi Omega chapter on campus. She was a knock out bombshell!!! ! During my military years it wasn't uncommon to find women dining by themselves at the mess hall. So I guess it is cultural.

I like doing things by myself... I need my alone time. I really like shopping by myself... it's just nice to look and not talk... I also like eating by myself on occasion, especially in between classes because I can read the paper. I never go to the movies by myself anymore because my friends all love to go to the movies... so I haven't really had to go see something by myself since usually I know someone who wants to see the movie also!
But I was always taught to do things in groups... ie Bathroom buddy... probably because I grew up with a sister who was close to me in age.

I go to the movies alone sometimes, if there is something I really want to see and nobody is around to go with me. I do prefer being able to discuss the movie with someone afterward though. I saw Signs by myself and it was such an intense movie, I really felt like I needed to 'debrief' afterward.

I've gone to restaurants alone, but usually take something to read if I do. I'm almost always "doing" something and get bored sitting there staring at the table while I wait for my food.