re: Drinking alone at a bar is amazing

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I don't know what it is, but it's always been this way for me: I am a weirdo magnet. Pick the most whacko person in the place, I guarantee they'll plop down next to me and start telling me crazy shite I don't want to hear. It's not just at bars either, every time I go to concerts alone, which is almost always, I'll run into some nutjob that has to talk to me.

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Damn, that sucks.

I venture out alone a good bit, but more often than not, I'm at one of my usual spots so it's easy to kinda turn invisible. Still, plenty of weirdos have found their way to me, so I get it.

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It got to a point where I disliked going out for a few drinks because I did not want to deal with the random crazies that approach me.

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Yeah. A lot of dudes think women are being rude/bitchy if they get annoyed when being approached, but ya gotta keep in mind they've probably been approached by weirdos most times they've gone out and are over it.

A couple weeks ago, I used the fact that I was solo to my advantage. Got into a hard to get into speakeasy in San Diego without a reservation, and occupied the lone empty barstool in the place while everyone who came in after me was standing room only. The bartender must have thought I got stood up by a date.. He kept coming from around the bar to make sure I was doing okay, and he took off a $22 cocktail from my bill when I closed out and apologized to me (for what, I don't know).