Please be kind and tell me your thoughts. I am having difficulty making up my mind.

I am all excited because the box office for the new opera season is open. Plus one of the shows this year is one of my all time favorites, that I've loved since high school and never seen live.

It turns out I can get a really good bargain for season tickets as a student. I can afford to buy a set of season tickets for myself. Part of me feels excited about the prospect of having season tickets, and I would feel happy and independent doing something I like by myself. Plus I'd get to see a bunch of shows! But part of me feels a little lonely at the thought; special events like that are nice shared.

Or I could buy a pair of tickets to the one show I really have my heart set on seeing. There are plenty of friends I can ask, and there is always the possibility I might have met someone date-worthy by the time of the show in a couple of months. Either way, I like the thought of inviting someone and giving him/her a complimentary ticket.

So -- season tickets for myself alone, or one pair of tickets to the one show that I wanted to see in the first place?

vote one or the other, please. don't be wishy-washy like me.

You didn't mention the comparative costs! That would certainly be a deciding factor to me....

Opera?? I doubt I'd want to go to more than one of those per... decade... so that would color my own choice. But I've never been hesitant to go to a show I wanted to see, even if it was just by myself.

So, if the cost is not dramatically different, why not get the season tix?

But if it's a lot more and you don't think you'd go to most of the shows, even by yourself, then get the two tickets and make one big outing outta it. You could always buy individual tickets if you want to go more, couldn'tcha?

I think the reasn most people are hesitant to go to events on their own, is because they are worried about how they will be percieved. I think that is a lousy reason for not doing it. I say go for the season tickets, if that is something you would enjoy. Besides, it sounds like a perfect opportunity to meet people with common interests. And who wouldn't want to meet Ruby?

Listen to Iggy! You might meet someone date-worthy if you go alone.

Of course! Lots of single men go to the opera all alone. They don't need the slightest bit of encouragement from a female companion to go, not at all! Men love the opera.

Oh! And fashion shows!

Or I could buy a pair of tickets to the one show I really have my heart set on seeing. There are plenty of friends I can ask, and there is always the possibility I might have met someone date-worthy by the time of the show in a couple of months. Either way, I like the thought of inviting someone and giving him/her a complimentary ticket.



I'd go with that one. And sneak in some wild Turkey for crying out loud!

I think I'll get the season tickets and bring along my pal Bourbon. Good call, W.

I personally would do the season tickets.

:)

Thanks for the advice and kind words, everybody!

Who said they would be there alone? Think outside of the box Raaawbeeee... they might be there with their mother or sister. All you need is a little eye contact during intermission.

ooh! that sounds fun!

And it may be even someone dateworthy who likes the opera. I mean where are you gonna meet a guy who likes the opera, if not at an opera?

why don't you take the money you were going to use for the opera and donate it to a charity- or buy tickets for poor children. That would be a great alternative. I find that every dilemna can be solved by one selfless act.

That's very inspirational Mr. Sexpot.

Ruby deserves this treat, Mr. A.S.Jeffreys. As far as selfless acts go, she's one of the only people I know who acts on their convictions. Lot's of people, myself included, think and talk about doing something and that's as far as it goes. Ruby actually DOES something. Have fun at the opera, Ruby!