I'm kinda with you on that Freedomrider1, although I have a grand total experience of one (1) group ride. It was a charity century back in May. Sure it was fun tooling along at 22 with hardly any effort but those riders were scary squirrely in my opinion so I stopped at a rest point after about 20 miles. Sure enough when I rode by them at the next stop there was a truck loading up a crumpled bike and one of the riders was being tended to so it was solo for me the rest of the way and ever since.

I'm sure that after finding a reliable group and having enough experience to predict them that it's not as hazardous, but it's not for me. So far at least. There's nothing wrong choosing to ride solo, nor with changing your mind later if you want.