A Date With Myself

A few weeks ago a new cinema opened in our neck of the woods. As part of their grand opening they played already on DVD movies for $2 a show. One afternoon I was kind of feeling a movie and I decided to take myself out. I have watched many a movies on my own; but I had never been to a theater without a companion. I was kinda syked about it. I got my ticket, splurged for the heavily discounted popcorn and soda, and was only feeling slightly conspicuous. I followed a teenage couple through the double doors of the theater, found a seat and waited for the show to begin. And I waited and waited and waited five minutes past the start time before I went back out into the hallway to investigate. Turns out those "double doors" were actually the door for theater 3 on the left and the door for theater 4 on the right. I had been in the wrong theater. Not to be discouraged I entered the correct theater found a new seat and settled in for the show.  No one was with me to witness the embarrassment and 5 minutes later that same teenage couple entered my new theater. They had made the same mistake. My husband thought my solo journey was somewhat sad, but I found it quite liberating. For only $6 I got a movie, popcorn, soda and the realization that I go to movies with other people because I am quite incapable of navigating the cinema on my own. lesson learned.