You are snowed into a small static caravan for a month with man who is a complete stranger but..

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is actually you, exactly you, in another body.

Your personality exactly. Your intelligence, your experience, your health, your politics, your hobbies, your habits. You exactly

How does the month go, and at the end of that time, do you hate him or love him?

The snoring doesn't bear thinking about😱😩

I would hate it. I thrive on exploring new places and learning and love conversations. I'd be stuck in a caravan with someone who only knew the things I knew. Dull.

It would be impossible for me-but-male to have my experience exactly.

it would probably be interesting from the perspective of showing the difference that being male makes. But it certainly wouldn’t just be me with male anatomy because being a woman has been such an important aspect of my experiences, my opportunities, issues I’ve faced and so on.

I suspect I’d be horrified to learn what difference just being male makes.

It would end up like the me² episode of red dwarf with the two Rimmer's wanting to kill each other

Id use the time to really figure myself out, like some sort of residential counselling programme. Id either come out with far more patience and respect for myself, or looking like a deranged turkey with a mission to stop the male-me from inhabiting the world

Well, this 😂 On the other hand, I'd love talking to myself (I do anyway!) and, since he's also permanently knackered & ill, I wouldn't have to worry about 'doing stuff', sexual or otherwise, because neither of us can afford the energy.

It would probably be GREAT for fixing the inner critic. You know, they say "Would you speak so rudely to another person?" Obviously not, so we'd both be more constructive with each other. On balance, I like the idea. Good question, OP!

I have bipolar, so the manic phase could be interesting

Ultimately one or both of us would end up dead

Great idea for a thread! I’m with @Qantaqa and @DartholomewSpaceInvader . Plenty of books/access to the interwebs, no need for either of us to bother the other!

Neither of us would finish a sentence as we'd be interrupting each other. We'd be talking non stop.

The static would be messy beyond belief, and by the end of the first 2 days I'd have found a way out. There is no way I'd be able to stay in, I'd be climbing the walls.

We may have killed each other, as two people with ADHD in a small space would be a nightmare. Unless there was craft stuff in there.

If there was plenty of craft stuff, we'd be ready to have a stall at a craft fair.

Wow - how do you come up with a scenario like that? Love it!

As a PP said depends how many books there are. Books, tea and biscuits we would both be fine. Missing the above - probably both be quite bruised at the end of it all. It’s just made me realise I’m quite a hard person to live with!

Brilliant final sentence 😂

If we are the same person with the same brain, then it's not cheating if he helps me write my essay is it? In that case we would get my coursework done, and probably his if were in the same situation with uni.
I'd probably watch him for a bit, see if the habits I have that I think are annoying are as irritating as I think they are.
Probably have sex a lot but then feel equally happy for it to be a caravan only experience..

I'd be miserable. We'd both complain endlessly about the bastarding snow and would get very angry and twitchy about not being able to get out for walks, go to the shops, coffees with friends etc. I'd probably spend my time on Mumsnet complaining about him and arseholes who post about snuggly blankies and hot choccys, and by the end of the month we'd have split up and would never want to see each other ever again.

I would love it! For a week, then we both agree to take a break from each other. The next week, would be spent resenting each other for wanting to take a break. Then peace would be made, by lots of talking.

Would we have access to tech and free WiFi? If yes, we will emerge happy. If no, is this caravan near somewhere beautiful like the sea? I can spend hours just staring at the sea. I'm sure other me would also love this.

I think it would be awful! All your flaws and annoying habits would be reflected back at you. Two identical personalities stuck together would be very frustrating. We'd both be determined to be proved right on everything, but at least stuff would be put back in the right places! 😆
We'd probably both change as people during the month because you'd see yourself more clearly. I wonder if the changes would be the same though...?

Actually, it would be quite peaceful for the most part without pointless chat!

This with knobs on.

I'd probably take advantage of having decent sex for a change but other than that I'd avoid myself.

Well, there would be no physical contact for a start. Win.
But I am the most boring fucker on the planet so we'd probably just both die of boredom.

Why are those the only forms of conversation?

Talking to someone incredibly like minded can spur just as many conversations as differences. Not exclusively and forever, but as a one off, great.

I think this is my all time favourite MN thread! Great question and great replies!

Hmmmm. I don’t think we’d be speaking to each other after day 18-21 or so.

My idea of heaven. The place would be spotless, we'd help one another out and share chores before relaxing. We'd play card games to our hearts content and the sex would be amazing.

I do seem to like myself a lot. 😉

We both get heartily sick of the other one moaning about their life.

But we do have a lotta sex out of sheer boredom.

I have a favourite sci-fi book where you can change and design your body every so often (Drinking Sapphire Wine) where the narrator says ‘Everyone wants to make love to themselves’. Interesting concept. I’d want to kill the other person.

Why would you want to kill them? So there is no copy of you or because they'll irritate you too much, or..?

I like that quote, I think we see it in some couples where they look like they could be siblings