I have never posted on Reddit before, but I do listen to a lot of Reddit stories from Smosh, so I thought I would give it a shot and get some opinions on here today. You know, what the hell 🤷🏻♂️ it’s not anything scandalous anyway. (Hey Shayne if you see this, help me out lmao. Shout out to Smosh!)
So I (Soon 29 Asian M) went to see The Drama by myself today. It was basically an empty theater when I ordered my ticket two days ago, the movie came out 4 weeks ago so it makes sense if it had died down a little bit. But when I got there today, there was still a good amount of people in the audience, maybe like 15ish? Definitely did not expect that especially on a Wednesday afternoon. Why am I watching on a Wednesday afternoon? Well coz the job market in film sucks right now, and I have AMC A-list.
Anyway, I got myself a perfect seat right in the center, F8. I got there maybe 5 minutes after show time. Not long after I sat down, three dudes came in and sat in front of me. I wanted to rest my feet on top of the chair so I moved one spot to my left, F9. Maybe halfway through the previews, a lady came in all by herself and set down in F7. I didn’t quite get a good look of her face, you know how the visibility inside a theater is, I just noticed she’s blonde with glasses, maybe 35+? Idk, could be younger or older honestly, wearing jean jacket with a Toy Story logo on it, and brought her own can of seltzer of sorts with her. I also brought my own can of La Croix.
Here’s the question. Did she actually buy F7? or did she buy F6 then assumed I’m sitting at the right seat and just left a space between us? She did look at the number right before she sat down, but you know how the seat numbers can be confusing at times when it’s right between two seats, so I just assumed it was probably the latter and moved on with the movie.
After the movie ended, I sat there for a good chunk of the credits, she did too, until I got up that is, she basically got up right after I did, I thought she was gonna watch through the entire credits.
Was she waiting for me to strike a convo? She could have left right when credits started rolling, she didn’t, she could’ve also sat there longer, she didn’t either, she stood up right after I did, that’s what stuck in my head. Also did she buy F7 or F6? Maybe I should’ve ask, at least that way I wouldn’t be regretting and over-thinking this right now. Coz if she say she did get F7, then I could’ve follow up with were you trying to make friends with a stranger lol 😅 coz the entire row was just the two of us. Welp too late now.
I’ve actually had similar experiences before once at the last bookstore, this was like 5 years ago, I was just wandering around taking candid artistic street photography style photos with my DSLR, I noticed a cute girl through the book shelves, we shared several eye contacts, I wanted to walk up and ask if I could take some photos of her, but she had some friends around so I didn’t wanna interrupt. Later, she was sitting there all alone on the sofa, I thought it would be my chance, but then the battery on my camera died, I lost my excuse. So I just decided to walk downstairs and leave. Right as I got to the stairs, which was right next to the sofa, she stood up and walked down the stairs behind me. Later on, I kept thinking, was she sitting there waiting for me to make a move? Same thing with that lady in the theater today.
I’m not a very extroverted person, I’ve never tried hitting on a stranger in public before, not including mixers or sport courts where you’re supposed to interact, except once on a dare by my female friends two years ago at the LACMA jazz night, which the girl turned out to be a senior in high school which was embarrassing as heck.
Also the idea of just hitting on a woman in the theater after a romance movie…? I mean it could be a meet cute but also sounds very cringe/creepy to me lol. Just like in The Drama lmao
I can totally just be delulu, I know that. Have you had similar experience before? I wanna hear them. Women perspectives would be appreciated.
TL;DR:
Sharing a row with another solo viewer in the theater, do you try to be friendly and talk or just let them be?