Is it normal to go on a date at the movies and watch different movies?

My girlfriend and I have been dating for over a year now, and the other day she suggested this when we wanted to see different things. Such a thing was completely foreign to me, I always thought that the point of even going to the movies on a date was for the experience, not just the movie. Yet she insisted that she has even done this before on previous relationships. Is this normal?

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Based on 91 votes (10 yes)
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  • phoebe8

    what's the point of even coming with her ?

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  • Energy

    Wtf? So much for a date. -_-

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  • TerryVie

    If you are secure in your relationship, thats not totally weird.

    If you go to the cinema to make out with one another, obviously, there's something missing. If you only watch the movie, then why not?

    The thing is: I'd make sure that doesn't encompass the whole date. Such as, meet before for dinner(eating out, preferrably), then going to the movies, each one watches what they want to see, and after that some billiard or the arcade or whatever.
    Such as, spend the evening together but well, depending on what type of movie-watchers you are, not all of it.

    If we make a movie-evening at home, i like to cuddle with my lover, and physical contact is more important than WHAT we are watching. Unless we go to the cinema with dirty thoughts in mind, i think i wouldn't really see a problem with this. _ESPECIALLY_ if she wants to see that new superhero flick and i want to see the romantic comedy.

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  • bannnamuffin

    umm its tottaly not normal!!

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  • kellstar79

    I've done it but after the first time we just took turns on a guy movie and a chick movie unless one of us really wanted to see something

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  • rin

    hmm, I don't think so. I think she wanted alone time. My boyfriend and I always fight over which movie we want to see but I would never suggest seeing different movies...lol.

    Who knows though. If I did this it would be b/c I want to have alone time without making you feel bad. Just tell her if she wants to have her space sometimes then she can tell you without feeling bad.

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  • Alison89

    I never even thought of doing that.

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  • TheBalance

    It's not a date then. She's just going to the movies by herself and you're driving probably. Or maybe in a past relationship she was convinced that it was normal.

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  • joybird

    Great idea!

    My husband once wanted me to watch a Sci Fi film and I said no. Wish I'd thought of that, he could've got to see it and I could've watched something else, and then went out for a meal etc.

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