• sugar_in_your_tea
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    3 days ago

    there is literally nothing stopping you.

    Except my obligations. I’m a parent with kids, so if I want to go somewhere alone, I need to get my SO on board and/or get a babysitter.

    I know this is targeted at single people, but single people also have obligations and preferences that stop them from doing things alone.

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      3 days ago

      Sorry, but nobody asked - that is a completely unrelated issue. It’s not about not having time.

      The point of this post is that if you have no one to accompany you somewhere, you can just go alone, nobody cares - only you.

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        2 days ago

        Sure, and that’s a given, no?

        My point is that if someone isn’t doing something things alone, they don’t necessarily feel awkward, they could have other reasons to not go, and saying “but I have no-one to go with” may just be a socially acceptable excuse that they use to hide the real reason they don’t want to go.

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          2 days ago

          Your point is not related to the subject at all. What do you not understand? The person in the screenshot does not address you or your like, they address specifically people not going places alone for fear of people looking odd at them, even though nobody cares.

          You’re not in the picture, get over it.

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      3 days ago

      ”I’m gonna go watch this movie you don’t care about”

      “Cool”

      “Bye”

      It’s not complicated and works both ways.

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        2 days ago

        Yup, my SO does that sometimes, especially for Marvel movies because I’m tired of them.