Honestly, am I sad for doing this?

[Navvan]

No its not sad in itself. The only reason its would be consider sad is that it is evidence of having no friends. Which is sad, but not necessarily true if you are attending something normally only attended by groups.

If you don't have friends who are interested in hockey but are a fan yourself then its completely understandable. Whether or not you make friends with those around you depends on how social you are and how receptive they are to meeting strangers.

Personally I'll sometimes go to the movies or theater by myself if no one I know is interested in doing so.

I just want to clear something up here... I do have friends, but Ice Hockey isn't exactly the most popular sport in the UK so as you can imagine, fans are a tough find and none of my friends like the sport.

That's why I wanted to know whether it is likely I would meet and get to know those around me as they obviously are fans.

That is what I assumed to be the case as evident by the bolded part. I understand you wishing to clarify however as I left it a bit ambiguous by explaining why it could be sad and why it likely isn't sad.

 

[Bebus]

Not quite the same, but I like going to the cinema alone! Nothing to be ashamed of.

How old are you? I was a student at Nottingham uni and there were a lot of students who went to the games, myself included. There is a sizeable community, probably not too hard to get into if you know the right people. Lots of pre/post match socialising (aka drinking...)!

Hell when you are at an event like that, if you want to be sociable at least you know that you have something in common with the other people there!

 

[___________________]

Why would that be sad? No. You're just doing what you want to do.

 

[Alxast45]

Just to let everyone know his avitar is by a animator called Cyriak.

 

[FamoFunk]

Of course it's not sad, if I really wanted to go and see/do something and my friends or family didn't want to, I'd go on my own.

 

[teisjm]

It's un-normal. Not in the bad "you're not normal, you must be a freak of nature" kind of way but in the, you're independent enough to do stuff on your own, and enjoy something for the sake of enjoying in, without needing it to be a social thing, and beeing able to not give a fuck about what those around you think of it.
So basicly, mad props for beeing a true individual.

It would have been sad if you had bought 2 seats, and brought a blow-up doll to bring along.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

That's a common misconception. I'm quite sociable, but I like to be on my own as well. Traveling, festivals and dinner are my favorite one man hobbies.

and that avatar sure is cool.

 

[dibblywibbles]

well you'll probably meet a bunch of canadians. we're a friendly drunken sort.

 

[Weaver]

You should probably just move over here to Canada.

 

[Wicky_42]

A Nottingham lad eh?

I send greetings from Mapperley!

No, it's not sad. People have this idea that fun things have to be enjoyed with friends, and that's just not true.

Holy crap, Mapperley? Bizarre to think we were practically neighbours until, like, a month ago... and now I go to the Big City for fame and fortune!

OT, 'tis a shame no one else you know is into Hockey, but if you go looking to meet people then that might work out. Balanced against the whole 'it's Nottingham' thing, you'd hope that you'd find plenty of like-minded people around you at such an event.

 

[DonMartin]

Not really. While Blackpool was still in the premier, I used to go to the local sports bar on my own to watch them play.

Most of my friends are Liverpool supporters, but I still go with them when Liverpool is playing.

 

[JdaS]

Nope. I've gone out to see some of my favorite bands live alone. Sometimes not even my closest friends like Japanese sludge-noise-rock-whathaveyou enough to come with me. I've always had fun and I've never been the only one there without company, hell, I've even met people there.

More on topic, as a Finn I enjoy the occasional bit of ice hockey (HIFK for life bitches) and if you really enjoy it then you should have a blast even on your own. Whether you'll make any friends there is anyone's guess. You could find your future wife there for all I know.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

If it isn't that popular, you'll probably be able to spot the other season ticket holders fairly quickly, and more than likely, they'll be alone, too. It's an out of the house place where you can meet people. Or not. But you sure aren't going to make new relationships sitting at home playing video games by yourself, either.

 

[the_honey_badger]

You're fortunate in that you're surrounded by a group of people with a similar interest to you, so you already have that advantage when you're trying to establish friendships with other spectators.

 

[mental_looney]

My friend goes to hockey games alone in scotland he loves the sport but none of his freinds do and hes met loads of people at matches. My firends don't share all my interests and end up going alone to some places and there are always epople ina similar situation to meet.

 

[Dalek Caan]

No not really. You saved your money to support a team you like. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

Nope not sad. Remember strangers are just friends or psychotics you've never met and if you meet one good friend who likes the sport like you do then even better.

 

[Thumper17]

Move up to Canada and get some tickets to an NHL team and you'd have a million people wanting to be your best friend. Enjoy the greatest sport on earth, man. Alone or with a friend, nothing is better.

 

[Jadak]

If you know you'll enjoy sitting there and watching the game on your own, in the same manner as how I often go see movies alone, then no there's nothing sad about it at all.

But if you're not perfectly fine with being alone there, then yeah it's pretty pathetic. Well, not even that really, it would just be dumb to have bought the tickets.