There isn’t something wrong with you when you go out alone, shop alone, much less, see a movie alone. Those people who raise eyebrows and think you’re such a lonely kid, they are the ones who’ve something wrong within them. Either they think so backward or are just afraid to do something alone.
Two weeks ago, I was in Kuala Lumpur and I saw the movie, “Prince of Persia”, alone. Then last week, I was in Glasgow and saw “Sex and the City 2” alone again. Today, as I eat my breakfast ALONE here in Tunisia, I remember a crew asking me yesterday during the flight “how can you see a movie alone? So if it’s funny, you laugh alone? And if it’s sad, you cry alone in the cinema?”. I said yes. I don’t have to sacrifice what I’m feeling just because I’m seeing it alone. And it makes the experience more real, more interesting.
I asked her back if she can go to the cinema alone. She said no. She said she will feel stupid laughing and crying alone and will also feel jealous of families, groups of friends, and couples around her. It will be a bit of an embarrassing experience for her. To each his own, I just thought. But deep inside, I feel like she’s missing something exhilarating and liberating. But then again, what may be liberating for her may not be for me.
I enjoy my times alone, whether it be dining out, catching a movie, shopping, going to church, or just plain sitting at the park. I am a very independent person and the people who know me will agree that I am quite liberated. I go solo when I choose to be but it doesn’t mean that I forget about and neglect my family and friends. I go solo because it’s healthy. Going solo gives me the opportunity to love myself so I can come back to the company of my family and friends a better person and love them more than ever before. ♥
