You guys know any WAGS?

[Threetrees]

I usually go to bar alone when i run out of booze

They literally have delivery apps for that now

 

[Cole train]

They literally have delivery apps for that now

Yeah in states

Not in here, here you have to buy it from a bootlegger

Also go to a enough trashy bar you might find yourself some company

 

[Threetrees]

Yeah in states

Not in here, here you have to buy it from a bootlegger

Also go to a enough trashy bar you might find yourself some company

Okay I'll grant that this seems like normal, if alcoholic, behavior

But I submit that it is so because its goal oriented
It's not going to the bar to read

 

[MikeMcMann]

I cant imagine going to a restaurant alone

I mean like a quick lunch maybe, but not a nice restaurant

I can't understand it either. I have a childhood friend that is out in Vegas and he goes to restaurants alone constantly. He takes pics and puts them on Instagram like a chick bro! Pics of his drink and captions like, "This right here makes the work week worth it." Ahhhhhh bro no!!!! You're WAG'd up!

I go to restaurants and bars all the time alone. Particularly when i am traveling on business or when I am single.

Some people are just comfortable with themselves and not insecure and others are not.

 

[Threetrees]

I go to restaurants and bars all the time alone. Particularly when i am traveling on business or when I am single.

Some people are just comfortable with themselves and not insecure and others are not.

Traveling is different I should think, particularly if staying in a hotel

Though in neither direction do I think it's a matter of security
Like I should think that the only difference between me, let's say, like to go to coffee shops alone and you liking to go to bars is just preference. It just happens to be a preference to which I personally cannot relate.

 

[tonysmasseuse]

 

[MikeMcMann]

Traveling is different I should think, particularly if staying in a hotel

Though in neither direction do I think it's a matter of security
Like I should think that the only difference between me, let's say, like to go to coffee shops alone and you liking to go to bars is just preference. It just happens to be a preference to which I personally cannot relate.

I get a lot of reactions from people iRL when i say I go to bars and restaurants all the time alone. Most say 'oh I would feel to awkward' or 'i feel like everyone would be looking at me'.

 

[Red Beard]

Yeah it's weird because going to a dinner at a restaurant seems like it's more about the social experience than anything else

Same with a bar
I have a friend who goes to bars alone and reads and I cant understand it
I've seen him multiple times

The movies I can understand, if no one I know is interested and i dont want my wife to ruin a movie for me by complaining about it, I'll go to a movie at like noon on a day off or something

I could get with the idea of a movie becuase it isn't a social thing really...you are just taking in a show. The bar alone seems super depressing. I've been to the bar with my wife and some WAH tries to talk us up and make friends. It's odd to me to be that comfortable being vulnerable.

Eh, long story.

When I was a teenager I was the life of the party. I had more friends than anyone I knew. Everyone wanted to be around me because I was funny and silly. I would party and I was very social.

During that time, likely due to some negative experiences I had, I started to change. I became less and less social over time. There were multiple factors.

The more time you spend alone, the more you become accustomed to it, and the less you want to be around others. These days I don't really have any friends. I would call that my choice. Ive had opportunities to make friends, but because Im embarrassed of myself, I don't allow anyone to get to know me. If you get to know me, you might see that I have problems. I spend most of my time putting on a completely fake personality thats meant to portray me as happy and normal, and im very good at it.

Ive completely lost all of my social skills, because I have nothing interesting to talk about, because I never do anything. I cant hold a 2 minute conversation and I find I don't really put effort in to it because I don't want to talk to people.

Its not necessarily that I find people annoying. There are people I don't find annoying, they are just too different than me. I cant relate to anything they say. I find I don't care about anything they say. Ive just grown distant, even to my own family.

I do what I want to do at all times, and I don't want others getting in my way.

That's the point of my question initially. You nailed it with your response. Being a WAG isn't really about an active choice, but more about the passive choices that lead to you being alone often. I've fallen into that trap in the past and i forced myself to do things like join a club, go to Jiu Jitsu, do meets, something, anything to meet others. Those experiences are what will make you have something to talk about. It's a lot to due with stretching yourself away from that very familiar comfort zone. Thanks for opening up man.

 

[Threetrees]

I get a lot of reactions from people iRL when i say I go to bars and restaurants all the time alone. Most say 'oh I would feel to awkward' or 'i feel like everyone would be looking at me'.

Ah I see

I just dont see the point personally
Nothing about my level of comfort, because I have done it while traveling
But I just see going out to dinner as something social - just me though.

 

[Red Beard]

Yeah in states

Not in here, here you have to buy it from a bootlegger

Also go to a enough trashy bar you might find yourself some company

I'd watch your life if it was a TV show.

I go to restaurants and bars all the time alone. Particularly when i am traveling on business or when I am single.

Some people are just comfortable with themselves and not insecure and others are not.

I traveled a lot with a previous job and I occasionally went to restaurants alone but more often than not I grabbed to-go food and ate in my hotel room. It had nothing to do with insecurity in my case and I think most people's cases. Certain places are designed for socializing. I'd drink at my house if I wanted to drink alone, but even that sounds depressing to me. The idea of drinking alone sounds awful to me.

Traveling is different I should think, particularly if staying in a hotel

Though in neither direction do I think it's a matter of security
Like I should think that the only difference between me, let's say, like to go to coffee shops alone and you liking to go to bars is just preference. It just happens to be a preference to which I personally cannot relate.

I've done work at a coffee shop alone but that was because my house is too comfortable and I wanted coffee and a setting where I wouldn't slack off. I agree with everything you said however.

 

[mjmj]

I assume this describes 80% of Sherdog.

 

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

Ts o to something here, 10/10 would read again

 

[MikeMcMann]

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I traveled a lot with a previous job and I occasionally went to restaurants alone but more often than not I grabbed to-go food and ate in my hotel room. It had nothing to do with insecurity in my case and I think most people's cases. Certain places are designed for socializing. I'd drink at my house if I wanted to drink alone, but even that sounds depressing to me. The idea of drinking alone sounds awful to me.


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Ya we are very different. I hate spending time in my hotel room beyond the time I am sleeping.

I will take my laptop down to the restaurant or bar and sit and do some work or read or higher pursuits like post on Sherdog while eating dinner or having a drink, instead of sitting in the room.

And in the rare case a hot woman walks by and looks over my shoulder and sees I am posting on sherdog, its like an instant closer to get her up to your room. oh, here come one now and she just looked at my screen. Oh, got a go now sherbro.

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

I could get with the idea of a movie becuase it isn't a social thing really...you are just taking in a show. The bar alone seems super depressing. I've been to the bar with my wife and some WAH tries to talk us up and make friends. It's odd to me to be that comfortable being vulnerable.



That's the point of my question initially. You nailed it with your response. Being a WAG isn't really about an active choice, but more about the passive choices that lead to you being alone often. I've fallen into that trap in the past and i forced myself to do things like join a club, go to Jiu Jitsu, do meets, something, anything to meet others. Those experiences are what will make you have something to talk about. It's a lot to due with stretching yourself away from that very familiar comfort zone. Thanks for opening up man.

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend others try to live this lifestyle. It may come with more freedom, but its a lonely existence. At this point I can't get out because of the mental prisons ive built for myself. Im trapped, truly.

I also gave up on life over a decade ago. Im just waiting to die if im being honest. I have no goals in life other than to try and get by day to day. I have no faith so I don't believe my life has purpose. It is what it is.

 

[Threetrees]

Ya we are very different. I hate spending time in my hotel room beyond the time I am sleeping.

I will take my laptop down to the restaurant or bar and sit and do some work or read or higher pursuits like post on Sherdog while eating dinner or having a drink, instead of sitting in the room.

And in the rare case a hot woman walks by and looks over my shoulder and sees I am posting on sherdog, its like an instant closer to get her up to your room. oh, here come one now and she just looked at my screen. Oh, got a go now sherbro.

I'm exactly like this when i travel for work as well

 

[General_Speckz]

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend others try to live this lifestyle. It may come with more freedom, but its a lonely existence. At this point I can't get out because of the mental prisons ive built for myself. Im trapped, truly.

I also gave up on life over a decade ago. Im just waiting to die if im being honest. I have no goals in life other than to try and get by day to day. I have no faith so I don't believe my life has purpose. It is what it is.

You'll get there bro. Things have a way of working out.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Queue The Lonely Guy

 

[Red Beard]

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend others try to live this lifestyle. It may come with more freedom, but its a lonely existence. At this point I can't get out because of the mental prisons ive built for myself. Im trapped, truly.

I also gave up on life over a decade ago. Im just waiting to die if im being honest. I have no goals in life other than to try and get by day to day. I have no faith so I don't believe my life has purpose. It is what it is.

Well bud you just need to put yourself out there little by little. Start small with an activity you enjoy and try to find some sort of club for it. You will meet people and then have those common connections. The way you are living isn't good for anyone...you deserve better.

 

[dudefacemcghee]

I guess that's me. I go to resturants alone all the time, sometimes bars and just have a drink. I dont care if people think I'm wierd. I'm an adult and they're probably correct.

 

[General_Speckz]

I have misophonia so my WAG status is entirely not self-inflicted. That said I naturally don't fit into social groups because what I'm interested in (science, technology, movies, math, computers, competition, art, health) tend to the anti-social areas. It remains to be seen if I've gotten to the point where I can now get along with people in a group setting without getting ragey (usually inside), but I'm keeping a neutral outlook on it based on my past experiences. It seems to have calmed down quite a bit, but can always flare up out of nowhere.