Opinions please! Women going to sports bars alone.

I for one, would never go to an actual BAR for that by myself. Isn't there a restaurant type of place you could go instead? I do go out alone, but NEVER EVER to a bar type of atmosphere. EW EW EW

I'm glad you went out and had a good time. I think there are times when you just have to step outside your comfort zone - and if its not working out for you, you can just go home!

I think it would be super epic to go to a sports bar (not a regular bar) alone and just go there to watch the game with a good pint of beer. Especially the bar I am a fan of which is a micro brewery here locally! Me and my husband really enjoy the atmosphere so I never go alone. We don't even know that much about sports but really love the whole thing behind rooting for a team. It's more of a common cause unlike a random bar which is just usually a hole in the wall where people smoke/drink themselves to death.

If you really enjoy the sport and know enough to talk about it, you should feel free to go! But if you don't and you're just going to pick up guys, people will see right through that so don't do it!

What? There is no knowledge requirement to go to a sports bar. She should feel free to go no matter how much she knows or doesn't know about sports. Sheesh.

What's wrong with picking up guys, anyway?

What I meant by that is that you shouldn't go to a sports bar, sit down and pretend to watch a game but not know anything about sports and secretly be there to pick up guys. People will think you're just there to pick up a guy, and that's not anything that is attractive to a guy - pretending to like something just to get his attention. He will see right through that. Better be you than a fake version of yourself. I think if you wanna go and you talk to a guy, you could say, "I don't know much about football but I'm trying to learn." That would be nice, and a good opportunity for conversation.

Around here sports bars aren't for the sports intellectual only. My only interest is football. I couldn't care less about the other sports but I still go with my husband and friends when football isn't on and I don't pretend I'm interested when I'm not. Girl friends have accompanied us who don't care about sports, and don't pretend to. You can still go hang out at a sports bar without being into what's on the TV. There's no rule that says the uneducated or uninterested in sports not allowed. I've gone with girlfriends when we had no interest in whatever was on - and men spoke to us - and we didn't pretend like we were into the game. First and foremost it's a bar, they want your business not your sports expertise.

The OP says she knows about sports anyway and wanted to go watch a game - which she did and had a great time chatting with the bartender - so yay for her!

Thanks for the feedback I ended up going, and having a GREAT night. The bartender was good to me...after 6 hours of drinking beer that wasn't on special I left with a $17 tab. He said if I came back tonight he'd have my back again too...quite tempting!

I'd go back. I think he was into you. I doubt he does that for just anyone!

I went back. And uh, he invited me to come hang out this weekend. And gave me his number, haha. He also disclosed that as long as I'm in there every other beer is on him, soooo that's great :drinker:

Nice!!!

I thought the topic read 'women going to sports bras alone' and thought - yes, I need to know what people think of this look with shorts as I have considered it myself - but you reveal quite a bit of flesh in a bra top looks like you are trying too hard in my neck of the woods.

Then I read all the other posts and erm, stopped in my tracks....wtf has all this got to do with bra's?

Then I put my glasses on.....

On the topic in question, therefore, I say never go through life regretting anything. If you go and its disastrous - then hey, put it down to experience and move on and be stronger for it. If you go and enjoy it - bloody brill!

Thanks for the feedback I ended up going, and having a GREAT night. The bartender was good to me...after 6 hours of drinking beer that wasn't on special I left with a $17 tab. He said if I came back tonight he'd have my back again too...quite tempting!

I'd go back. I think he was into you. I doubt he does that for just anyone!

I went back. And uh, he invited me to come hang out this weekend. And gave me his number, haha. He also disclosed that as long as I'm in there every other beer is on him, soooo that's great :drinker:

Great outcome! Cheers :drinker:

I thought the topic read 'women going to sports bras alone' and thought - yes, I need to know what people think of this look with shorts as I have considered it myself - but you reveal quite a bit of flesh in a bra top looks like you are trying too hard in my neck of the woods.

Then I read all the other posts and erm, stopped in my tracks....wtf has all this got to do with bra's?

Then I put my glasses on.....

On the topic in question, therefore, I say never go through life regretting anything. If you go and its disastrous - then hey, put it down to experience and move on and be stronger for it. If you go and enjoy it - bloody brill!

LMAO :-)

I live in Florida. If I didn't still jiggle so much, I would wear just a bra and shorts to run in the hotter months. Not because I'm trying to do anything, but because it would be more comfortable.