Dinner and a Movie...Alone? Why It's Time to Rethink Solo Adventures

What's your idea of the perfect night alone?

If your answer is binge-watching Netflix and ordering take-out, you might want to reconsider. 

New research suggests that people actually have a lot more fun by themselves when they get out of the house, despite the stigma of dining, watching a movie, or catching a show alone.  

Rebecca Ratner, a professor of marketing at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, has spent the last several years studying how people really feel about the time the spend by themselves.