tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post2943527192800854804..comments2024-03-24T02:16:06.408-07:00Comments on Blog of The Happier Abroaders - Better Dating, Social Connection and Freedom Overseas: Only in America: going out alone = staying aloneDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292402361729985882noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-76671926114832670342013-02-25T04:25:34.466-08:002013-02-25T04:25:34.466-08:00This is very cynical, your abillity to meet people...This is very cynical, your abillity to meet people when going out alone is directly proportionate to your confidence your charisma and experience of going out alone. I went to the USA alone and I made plenty of friends and got laid more than once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-2695749957022528632008-01-18T17:01:00.000-08:002008-01-18T17:01:00.000-08:00Your right, in America everyone hangs out with the...Your right, in America everyone hangs out with their little "click of friends." If you go out alone you will remain alone and isolated. Americans have an isolationist mentality towards strangers (women especially have this mentality towards men). The fact is, it is just difficult to meet people here in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-40416151352164709162008-01-17T06:04:00.001-08:002008-01-17T06:04:00.001-08:00cool shit, Winston. I think too though that many a...cool shit, Winston.<BR/> <BR/>I think too though that many americans get a sense of superiority in excluding others.<BR/>They feel bigger when they do this. Not always but often.<BR/> <BR/>In germany, i've been told that you can go out by yourself and you won't get the vibe from people that you are a loser who has no friends.<BR/> <BR/>I got to meet you some day. You're a very interesting person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-72594541830073107812008-01-17T06:04:00.000-08:002008-01-17T06:04:00.000-08:00Very good, I have experienced this many times but ...Very good, I have experienced this many times but have never articulated it in my mind as being a social custom. In fact, I've stopped going out alone since I meet much more people when I am with my friends, and even then I feel as if I am at a job interview when meeting girls instead of being able to communicate freely and honestly, without any pretense. Of course I am not talking about the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-15963891644867962982008-01-17T06:03:00.001-08:002008-01-17T06:03:00.001-08:00i go out alone all the time, and many times i feel...i go out alone all the time, and many times i feel soooo isolated because everyone is so "mind your business"... i had no idea that many parts of the world weren't as cold socially... sometimes i just want to go to a bar, and find friends, but jeez thats even hard to do... i am one of those pretty girls whos guilty of being cold towards some guys, (but how else do you weed out the ones you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-2975725340348226282008-01-17T06:03:00.000-08:002008-01-17T06:03:00.000-08:00Most Americans that I know have big issues about g...Most Americans that I know have big issues about going anywhere alone. They won't eat alone, won't go shopping alone, won't travel alone, and won't go anywhere alone, because it's a big stigma to do things alone in America. That may be the real reason you feel "lonely" in America. Americans hang out in their little groups, and you are considered a "loner" if you don't have one of these little Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com