• Soup@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    This reads more like someone who’s been hurt than someone with a good point. I’m sorry for them, but I’ve done solo stuff and I generally prefer to do those things with my friends. Sharing the experience is a big part of it.

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      15 hours ago

      I love my friends, I love my husband, but sometimes I just want to do things solo. It’s not better or worse, but it is different.

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        8 hours ago

        I definitely meet way more people when I do something solo. I enjoy going out with friends too, but I’m generally more sociable and find more fun things to get into when I’m on my own.

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        14 hours ago

        And that’s totally fair, but it’s the “you’ll never have to wait on anyone” vibe that reads so strongly as this person’s shitty friends having bailed on them way too many times.

    • smiletolerantly@awful.systems
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      15 hours ago

      Eh. There’s memories I cherish a thousand times more because I made them with my partner.

      But there’s also memories I cherish because they’re mine alone.

      For traveling specifically, just having someone with you also isn’t enough; you need to want to do the same things, in roughly the same way.

    • philthi@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, I travelled solo a few times to see if it was for me, and generally it left me feeling very lonely and disconnected from everyone around me, and uncomfortable going anywhere like a restaurant or a bar.