I thought about social norms lately. I really wanted to watch this movie, but none of my friends and family wanted to watch it, because they've never heard of it or it looks boring or it's not a blockbuster film. So I got impatient and I told my friend that I'm going alone but then she offered to go with me because she thought it was weird to go alone. I asked her why and she said that she felt bad for people who go to the movies alone. This was interesing because i didn't think it was weird to go to the movies alone. And I've met people who go alone and they're pretty sociable and not lonely. They also think really critically about quality films. But I asked everyone about the whole going to movies alone thing and they thought it was weird to. So is it an unspoken social rule to only go to the movies with your friends? And why do some peopel feel bad for those who go to the movies alone?
Social norms?
By Joanne831 - Posted on July 7th, 2007
I don't like going to the movies alone, because that usually means that I don't have anyone to talk to about the movie afterwards. But I have no problem sitting at home and watching a movie alone. Contradictory, I suppose.
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I think it's the whole 'big, dark room full of strangers' thing that gets to me. It's irrational and not quite a fear, but I like going to movies with people I know. I guess it's sort of like how I like to go to concerts and parties with people I know.
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I rarely go to the movies (would much prefer to watch it at home), but I don't see it as weird to go to the movies alone.
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