Yes.

A dinner definitely not and have done it several times. I don't think I've ever seen a movie on my own but I could conceive of it. I suppose I wouldn't mind vacationing on my own, but it's usually so much more fun with other people.

I love going to the movies by myself. I can sit where I want (center middle or right aisle), enjoy the previews in peace, eat all the popcorn myself (with lots of extra butter and salt), plus there's no armrest awkwardness (I generally go when it's not crowded), no talking during the movie, and I can stay through the credits, which I like to do. I've seen many a movie by myself. One of my best experiences was watching Bull Durham in a packed theatre one evening in Westport, CT, knowing nothing about the movie except that it had Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon in it; to this day, it's one of my all-time favorite movies, next to Big Lebowski and True Romance.

Food's more awkward. I need something to read, and then I'm okay. And fast food's easier than a sit-down place. I'll usually go for take-out instead and eat at home.

Vacation? I have visited amusement parks by myself, especially when I lived in Mason, OH, home of Kings Island, where I had a season pass and got so I could ride any of the crazy roller coasters, stand-up, dangling, loop, you name it, so ho-hum I might as well be sitting on the couch (I'd have made a good astronaut, I think). It's lonely, though, by yourself. Most of the rides seat two. For a more extended trip, maybe a group tour alone would be okay. Opportunities to meet people. If I was alone, I would still travel, but I prefer going with my better half. Without him, I tend to stay in the hotel room.

Yes, to a point. I love traveling by myself and all the planning that goes along with it. My mother remains amazed that I can drop off into a random city with a map and get around to places (such as I did in San Francisco and Toronto, with the exception of one cab ride because I misread the bus schedule).

The social anxiety thing makes everything a bit touchier. Meals out are very hard, movies are slightly less so (but I don't go to them anymore because they're so loud and it gives me a headache).

Vacations by myself though are much easier. I still have the 'itchy between the shoulder blades everyone is staring at my freakish self' feeling, but it's easier the further I get away from where I live. It gets easier if I'm going to a familiar place, like when I have to drive to and then navigate the Metro (complete with a line change) on the way to NARA.

2?3? years ago I took a weeklong vacation to Virginia Beach alone where I just brought a bunch of books and sat on the beach/sat on the balcony of my hotel room (ocean view, oh yes)/sat in beachfront restaurants and drank and read. And it was awesome, even if I didn't go do all the touristy things I did later when I went back with 2 friends.

Dinners, movies and vacations alone? The story of my life. Also, the best way to meet new people.

Movies alone, perfectly fine. Restaurants, not so much, although modern electronic devices make it easier. I went to Amsterdam last year alone and it was great, but I would have been happier not eating alone all the time. I did love walking around and going to museums and such myself. I didn't have a lot of time to plan it (unexpected block of time off from work), and it would have been nice to go with someone, but Amsterdam is a good place to be independent.

I enjoy it all. I have dined alone in casual and nicer restaurants. And when I first moved to NYC, I went to the theatre alone all the time. Amazing I didn't meet more straight men that way, cute little 20-year old me at the theatre ? :P

I have a bit of a hermit streak in me so being alone doesn't stop me from going out and enjoying anything if there arent other people to do stuff with. I'm happy either way

Restaurants: Lunch, always cool with. In fact, I prefer it that way, poring over a book or a newspaper. Dinner: usually fine so long as I can sit at the bar or it's during non-peak (loud!) hours.

Travel: I love exploring cities on my own and often do even when traveling with others or visiting someone. But I've never stayed in a hotel on my own (other than getting screwed by an airline), but I'm not opposed to it. I think I'm just kind of cheap that way.

Movies: Never done it, but I can't imagine it would bother me. But the last movie I saw in the theater was "Burn After Reading" which was, what, 2.5 years ago? 3.5? Something like that. So it's pretty much a non-issue.

Oh God yes. I hate it. Going to the movie theatre to watch a movie by myself was on my 30 before 30 list, and I didn't do it. I couldn't. I've eaten at restaurants by myself, mostly during work trips when I can't convince a friend to join me, and I will only be comfortable if I have something else to do like reading a book or sketching out notes. I will not go to a fancier restaurant for dinner alone because of that. I'd rather get food and bring it home/to my hotel room to eat alone.

I would never ever ever go on vacation by myself. Nope. I have flown by myself and met my brother for a vacation, but spend a week or more in a new and scary place all by myself? That sounds like the opposite of relaxing and fun. Ugh. No.

I am actually a very social hermit, so I love going out alone. Before my partner and I met, I spent EVERY weekend at the movies, which is why I know a lot about movies from the late 80s to early 90s. I actually prefer going to movies alone, because I'm kind of a cinema-nazi. I brook NO conversation during a film if it's one I actually care about. Yes, I'm that guy.

Eating alone bugs me only because I get bored. That's better now thanks to my Android phone, where I can post on MeCha and whatnot while I wait, but it's still kind of dull to me.

A vacation alone: I'd love to do this but I don't know if I ever will. I have so many places I want to go and spend days and days taking photos, which I'd never do with my partner there because it would be boring for him. But I really want to do this, so I may yet. (And partner would be fine with it, BTW... it's just my reluctance keeping me from it.)

I'll happily travel or go to a restaurant either by myself or alone.

If I'm going to go to a movie, I'm better off not going in the first place, because I want to interact with the movie, and that's not socially appropriate.

Er, I'll happily travel or go to a restaurant either *with someone else* or alone.

Heh, I've done all of the above alone. I like doing things with people, especially my spouse, but I've also spent most of my adult life without a significant other, so I normally would go on vacation, or to movies, or to restaurants alone. Actually, one of my favorite weekend things to do is go out for Sunday brunch, then come home and read the Sunday paper, drink coffee, and listen to public radio while laying on the floor. I'm adaptable though, and now I enjoy all those things with my wife, but I'm sure there will be times when I take a long weekend and go some place with the dogs and shoot photographs or something. In fact, I have some plans for that this summer.

I've gone to many movies by myself in the past but my wife is such a movie nut that we always go together.

I don't usually eat dinner out by myself, I can't remember the last time I've done that.

Never traveled by myself either, I'm not very good at traveling in general and I'd much rather do it together.

I really love going out alone. When I was single, I had a weekly Date With Myself at my local pub: dinner, drinks, and a book. Sometimes I'd meet up with friends later, but I never canceled my Date With Myself.

I almost never go to the movies, period, because I'm so cheap (and so likely to murderize someone who's [talking/playing with their phone/making noise] in the seat next to me). But when I'm really keen to see a movie on the big screen, I make a token effort to schedule with my husband, but it's an opt-in thing: "Hey, honey, I'm going to see [movie title] this week. You interested?" If he's not, I am perfectly happy to go on my own. For one thing, one my own, I can switch seats without any fuss if a candidate for murderizing sits near me.

Vacation? You know, I've never really been on a tourist-y vacation. Mostly I've vacationed to visit friends, which means I get plenty of alone time while they're working and plenty of socializing when they're free. But I think I might enjoy a completely unfettered vacation on my own.

You know, I've never really been on a tourist-y vacation.

I mean by myself. I've been on a couple of tourist-y vacations with family.

For dinner, usually ill at ease alone - I'll eat as quickly as possible & leave because there's nothing for me to do there. I'll happily watch a movie alone at home, but I really want someone to (quietly) snark with at the theater. For vacations, I've done it both ways and both have their advantages. You can easily set your own schedule & pick what you want to go see when it's just you, but a companion can certainly add to a trip.

I love all of that.

Seeing movies alone is fine. It's not as if I talk to my friends during them. (and if they talked to me or required that I fill them in on plot/characters, I would never go to a movie with them again.) I do it every few weeks when I get Wednesdays off work. The only reason I go with someone else is if we are going out afterwards and can discuss the movie.

Eating alone: do it all the time. Even in nice restaurants. In fact, taking myself to a nice restaurant is one of the things I reward myself with when I have achieved something I'm working towards. You always get great service when you eat in a nice place alone.

Traveling alone. LOVE IT SO MUCH. As much as I love my husband (and now child) I seriously miss traveling alone. I used to take a major (overseas, 2-3 week) trip every year or two from ages 18 to 26 (when I moved to the US and promptly met my husband). It was the one thing I spent money on, I had a dedicated savings account for my traveling and everything. I really really want to be able to do so again, even just a three day weekend somewhere by myself. In a few years I will.
Yeah, the lack of having to compromise on what to do. And no matter how well aligned you are with traveling companion(s) there is always compromise. mr. g and I are very similar travelers, but we still end up niggling about little things like how long to sit on our asses in a cafe or whatever.

All of these alone things are informed by the fact that I don't really like people very much (bunnies excepted) so, you know. Alone time is paramount.

I like doing all three. Vacations alone are awesome. I don't get mired in someone else's preferences. Dinner alone is liberating, though when I bring a book it's hard to say I'm really alone. Movies alone? Oh that's excellent, but what's really the best is going to see a movie alone just to kill time: say I have an hour or so to kill before meeting friends, and the people at the cinema are like, "Oh, that movie started twenty minutes ago" and I answer, "That's perfect, I'm just killing time," and go in and sit down and watch the second half of some dumb comedy I planned to skip; yeah, that's the greatest.

But solo vacations rule. Otherwise it can end up less getting away from it all than switching to a different kind of boss.

No problem with all three. Spent years on the road so I had a lot of travel and meals alone.

I love both. In a restaurant, I try to find a place with light, so I can read. Movies, also no problem, although often when I go I run into someone I know and sit with them (small city).

Being in a long-term relationship, while I would not trade it for anything, it is nice to get away by myself.

All of these alone things are informed by the fact that I don't really like people very much (bunnies excepted) so, you know. Alone time is paramount.

Sister!

Yes.

I actually think I'm so used to doing things by myself that sometimes I can get annoyed pretty quickly if someone else is with me since I'm used to doing things my way at my pace.

What a timely question-- I'm planning on going to a midnight movie by myself tonight.

And the answer is yes to all three. I like people fine...but like fbk, it's great sometimes to do things exactly the way I want to do them.

Yes to all three for me, too. I've never gone to a movie by myself, and almost never go out to dinner by myself unless I'm travelling for business or something and have no other choice. I've never gone on vacation by myself either, I always go with somebody or go to visit somebody I know.

Oh, I love doing all these alone. Dinner alone is awesome - I always bring something to read, and it's very peaceful and meditative, a true break, to neither have to cook or clean or even converse and be alert and bright. And traveling alone is just the best. You can set your own agenda, go at your own pace. When I arrive somewhere new I tend to just blitz it like crazy, at a pace that most people would just despise. I like to walk a lot, more than most would, too. And I can go see nerdy and boring and arcane things without worrying that my companions find it a drag. It can get lonely at times, but my memories of traveling alone are almost all supremely happy moments of life.

Movies, meh, I'll see them alone or not, I don't care. I don't go see that many movies in the theatre, so it's not a huge deal either way. But if I do want to see something, being alone won't stop me by any means.

Prefer it, prefer it, prefer it, prefer it.

Sure. I actually prefer to eat at the bar at a nicer place, alone, before I go and commit to a full dinner for two thing.

Don't get me wrong, I really love all these things with my husband, the only person whose company I prefer to being alone, but:

1. Movies: First did this on my own decades ago in Washington D.C. when I was on a summer externship. Saw Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties and Swept Away, and was amazed by how intense a movie is by oneself. Have seen a lot of movies alone since then, and still find it extra absorbing. But it's been years since I saw one without my husband in a theater. I always want to talk to him about the movies I see, so unless it is a total chick flick I almost always arrange to see movies with him.

1. Dinner: Also extra intense and interesting alone. I don't go alone if my husband is around, but on business trips I tend to not make plans with the people I see during the day, and head out on my own for dinner at night. I did this recently on a business trip to South Carolina and only was sorry my husband couldn't be there for one exceptionally wonderful restaurant. I do cart a book or my Kindle along for the down times, i.e. waiting for service, at dinner. For lunches on my own, no biggie, I bring my own to work or grab something quick when I'm away from home on a trip.

3. Vacations alone: Have not really done this in a big way since I got married, but I have fond memories of a couple of longer vacations I took alone when I was single, one a week at a Lake Tahoe motel with a pool, one a 10 day driving trip down the Oregon coast alone. When on business trips, I do sight-see on my own. On the recent SC trip, I had some extra time before my plane left to return and spent it walking off my tootsies in the historic part of Savannah. I really enjoyed it and as usual just wished my husband could be there.

I go everywhere by myself. It's my right to do so.

I don't mind going to the movies by myself, although it's often good to go with a friend so we can talk about the movie afterwards. But, like BP, I like perfect silence and total concentration on the film whether I'm with someone or by myself.

Eating, I don't like so much to do by myself - the self-consciousness of the fat girl. I usually have a book to read though, and I never sit by the window, but I don't usually enjoy restaurant meals by myself, I'm too self-conscious to allow myself the time to savour the meal.

Vacations - it's absolutely fine. I'm not one for beach/resort holidays, and, through the MeFi/MeCha network, and through AA, I always have people with whom I can touch base or hang out.

I prefer going to movies alone, and I'm fine traveling alone - domestically at least. I think I'd want companionship/support if I were traveling internationally, but that's not likely anyway. Of the three, dining alone holds no appeal for me - I'd rather get something to go and read at my own place or my own hotel room. If I had to dine alone, I would read or I'd go quickly insane.

I am fine going to the movies by myself. I don't know if I have ever gone to dinner by myself (lunch of course). I don't think it would be a problem. I would be fine vacationing alone. Though when I see or experience cool stuff I always want someone to share in the experience.

I'm happy to see a movie alone and have dine so plenty of times. Often at the drive-in in my younger years. I travel a bit for work, so I'm used to non-home meals alone, but usually can't be bothered to do anything other than order room service or pick up takeaway food to eat in my room. Never taken holiday alone but it sounds like something I would really enjoy.

Movies: used to go alone all the time and I enjoyed it. Going with the mister is fun too.
Eating out: I've only done it a few times and it's fine. I always have a book with me so I don't feel awkward.*
Vacation: I've never gone on my own, but I'd love to at some point.

*The mister and I are one of those couples - we each read our own books while we eat. It's something we both enjoy at home and it's hard to talk and eat at the same time. We do talk before the food gets there.

After my first divorce, I took my first solo trip to Cape May. I had a blast! Yes, the first night I did feel awkward dining alone, but I got over that quickly..brought a book with me the second night!