# Am I the only Sado? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256 "2012-09-20T13:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/41 "2012-09-21T14:40:57Z")
Huh. I’ve gone to movies on my own. Not recently, but I’ve done it. Notably when I was travelling solo. It was kind of strange, but I’d do it again - I don’t think it’s sad or lonely at all. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/42 "2012-09-21T14:54:37Z")
I enjoy going to the movies by myself - it’s a welcome chance to get away, since I spend so much of the rest of my time in company of others - with family, friends and at work. Not that I dislike spending time with people, but I also like time by myself - and what better time then watching a movie, where there is no social interaction anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/43 "2012-09-22T17:08:09Z")
Personally if its a film that I really want to watch I’d prefer to watch it on my own, because, accompanied, if the person/people I’m with aren’t enjoying the movie as much as I am then it impinges on my enjoyment. Also people whos work take them to different cities for overnight stays often go to the movies. As to groups of kids who jeer at others for whatever reason,they do so from low self esteem (If I deride others, people might not notice my own lack of achievements )with plus more then a drop of herd mentality mixed in. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/44 "2012-09-22T17:15:51Z")
Thanks one and all - just glad I am not the only one who enjoys movies on my own. Sado’s rule… ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/45 "2012-09-22T18:50:26Z")
Nothin’ wrong with seeing a movie solo. I don’t do it, because I almost never “go to the movies,” and when I do, my wife is always with me. Before I was married, I’d see movies on my own occasionally. Truthfully, though, I usually prefer watching at home. I have a decent plasma and a huge queue of classics in front of me, so rushing out to new blockbusters isn’t a high priority. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/46 "2012-09-22T19:45:26Z")
I think it’s sadder to not be able to enjoy activities by yourself. I would to have to count on other people being around to have a good time. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/47 "2012-09-23T08:46:39Z")
Sometimes, when we can’t get a babysitter, and there’s a movie we really want to see, my wife and I will see it on consecutive nights - or sometimes see different screenings on the same day. We’ve never had a problem seeing a film alone. As for people judging me - fuck 'em. I don’t know them, which means their opinion doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/48 "2012-09-23T14:55:00Z")
Sometimes after a long period where I’ve been working nights and weekends on a project I will take a Saturday and see 3 or 4 movies in one day to get caught up. On these outings I prefer to be alone. Otherwise I do tend to see movies in a group for the post movie drink and bitch session. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/49 "2012-09-24T00:07:49Z")
Course it’s not sad. However, it’s probably best not to tell your daughter that your internet friends said it wasn’t sad… ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/50 "2012-09-24T03:13:16Z")
Hogfather65, If I was anywhere near I would go with you and save you (and me) from saddo\* status! - I prefer this spelling as it differentiates between sado as in sado masochism and saddo as in sad individual. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256/51 "2012-09-24T11:36:55Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > Hogfather65, If I was anywhere near I would go with you and save you (and me) from saddo\* status! > > - I prefer this spelling as it differentiates between sado as in sado masochism and saddo as in sad individual. Thank you - Like a lot of others have said - we are not saddo’s (never even entered my mind with the sado masochism :smack: stuff) we are people that can and do like spending time by ourselves - but do like company from time to time. 😃 You never know what the future may hold… well up here in Scotland its usually wind and rain but you know what I mean… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-sado/635256.md?page=2)