Right out of the gate: I am a lonesome person. I try to remedy this by going out, doing activities and be amongst people. For instance I went to the city to watch the soccer game between England and The Netherlands. I had no one to watch it with, so I figured I may as well just head into town and watch it in a pub or something. Lo and behold, I run into a guy I know. We get to talk and he asks who I'm here with. So I say to him I'm by myself. "By yourself?" he replies, genuinely perplexed. And I'm here thinking: Well what do you want to me to say?
Bottom line: It's already hard enough to gather the motivation to do stuff on your own, without people feeling sorry for you.
Not everybody feels that way. It probably depends on the activity and space. But if it would still be fun to do alone without someone, then go for it!? 😜