My wife looked at me like I had three heads the first time I said that I'd seen many films alone and that I enjoyed doing so. For her, movies are a social event

My wife looked at me like I had three heads the first time I said that I'd seen many films alone and that I enjoyed doing so. For her, movies are a social event, something enjoyed with friends. I'm not opposed to that and enjoy it as well, but it's not where I started. There was a phase early in my adult life, before I learned how to make friends, where I'd go see most movies on my own, and I enjoyed it greatly. I got to think through my own reactions and come to my own terms with the films without having to filter through other people's thoughts and without having to filter what I watched on the behalf of the group. At this point in life, most movie watching for me is social, but there are some that I still make a point of seeing on my own. There's a wonderful place for sharing, but there's a wonderful place for solitude as well. Cheers to you wherever you are on that spectrum.