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

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Nimbostratus100 · 24/03/2023 06:14

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?

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PlateBilledDuckyPerson · 24/03/2023 10:25

fdgdfgdfgdfg · 24/03/2023 08:19

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

I was thinking of the episode where they meet their opposite sex counterparts - male and female Lister have drunken sex; female Rimmer continuously sexually harasses male Rimmer whom she sees as 'totty'; male Rimmer is not interested in shagging female Rimmer.

And poor old Cat is stuck with a mangy and uncouth Dog!

Cherrysoup · 24/03/2023 10:35

AhChachachahchoooooooo · 24/03/2023 10:24

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

I couldn’t cope with a month in close confines with anyone. I was fortunate with lockdown in that my DH is emergency services so his shifts carried on as normal. I get twitchy if we’re together at home for a week! 🤣

Whatthediddlyfeck · 24/03/2023 10:38

There would be a dead body, and I’m not sure which it would be

MarchMadness23 · 24/03/2023 10:45

I have more questions than answers! It would depend on the detail.

IScreamAtMichaelangelos · 24/03/2023 10:46

unlimiteddilutingjuice · 24/03/2023 06:21

But yes, I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me hard. (If that's what you're asking)

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Purplecatshopaholic · 24/03/2023 10:50

I’d love that. I like me and I’m quite chatty with a sense of humour, so I would find it fun. I wouldn’t like being stuck in a cabin though as I like town life! But we’d likely spend time shagging so that would be good!

UnaOfStormhold · 24/03/2023 10:51

Unless the caravan had a really good gym with bike, pool, weights and treadmill we'd both go stir crazy due to inability to exercise. Even with it, not getting outside would be tough. The food would be good aand lots of reading would be done.

StopStartStop · 24/03/2023 10:54

unlimiteddilutingjuice · 24/03/2023 06:21

But yes, I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me hard. (If that's what you're asking)

He'd be so full of angst, though... but yes, we'd find ways to take our minds off our problems.

AhChachachahchoooooooo · 24/03/2023 10:56

You can definitely bond with someone alone this long and survival instinct would kick in .. apparently there is something like increased horniness and urge to breed after a personal or natural disaster.

NetballHoop · 24/03/2023 11:06

I'd probably ignore him and just do my own thing.

I assume he'd do the same.

OldTinHat · 24/03/2023 11:20

What a fabulous concept!

I'd absolutely loathe him but we'd have amazing sex!

Redebs · 24/03/2023 11:22

At the end of the month snowed in. I can only hope he was delicious.

DrHousecuredme · 24/03/2023 11:31

Well I'm easygoing but antisocial and like to be alone a lot. So we'd be at opposite ends of the caravan ignoring each other.

dancinfeet · 24/03/2023 11:32

I’d hate to share a small space with any man, so nope, it wouldn’t work for me

Giggorata · 24/03/2023 11:32

This is on the assumption that we have heat and food. No one is going to chop wood or forage, one of us would kill and eat the other.
That as a given, I think we'd be OK because no one would cook or make vast messes, just endless pots of tea and easy pasta dishes and sarnies.
We'd probably have a washing up and hoovering agreement, after a lot of arguing and negotiation.
Reading and watching films, so not that much conversation, but when we did, no small talk.
Sex, possibly. But not sleeping together.

LadyR77 · 24/03/2023 11:32

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 24/03/2023 07:24

When anyone mentions 'static caravan' I can only think of Father Ted and Father Dougal... and the cow explanation!

Just can't get past it!

This was the first thing that entered my head too!

SirChenjins · 24/03/2023 12:12

Redebs · 24/03/2023 11:22

At the end of the month snowed in. I can only hope he was delicious.

I did that app once where you can see a photo of yourself as the opposite sex. It was definitely me - but it was not pretty. I had not aged well Shock

GandhiDeclaredWarOnYou · 24/03/2023 12:17

My first thought was that we'd shoot each other within 2 days, but then someone mentioned food...

As long as the groceries arrived regularly I'd eat like a queen and be delighted I only had to cook half the time.

(but really, we'd kill one another. There's only room for one of me in a relationship, and even that's probably a bit much. Thank god for opposites attracting)

cornflakegeneration · 24/03/2023 12:19

Are you writing a book?

I'd love it tbh. One thing that annoys me about DH is the ways that he's different to me, particularly with his sense of humour.

Teenagequeenwithaloadedgun · 24/03/2023 12:22

The caravan would be tidy but we'd argue because both of us needing a wee all the time would be chaos.

CoinsinaJar · 24/03/2023 12:22

There would only be one of us after a month. Either I would have murdered him, or the other way round - and probably very quickly.

Rinkydinkydoodle · 24/03/2023 12:27

This is a great question. I dated Male Me.
We started out thinking we were soul mates but, huge shock, we fought like fuck. That said, we also handled arguments in precisely the same way so once the homicidal part of the evening had passed we didn’t hold it against one another😂

Countquack · 24/03/2023 12:29

We’d come out with scurvy. We both hate to cook.

Sidge · 24/03/2023 12:42

I did a photo with that Snapchat filter once to see what I look like as a bloke.

My brother. I look like my younger brother.

So there wouldn’t be any sex if we were physically alike. Which is a shame cos I love sex.

Mentally I think I’d like me and get along with me. I’m quite uptight in some ways, but easygoing in others. The caravan would be clean and tidy. We’d probably live on eggs on toast, and cups of tea as I get so bored of cooking. I’d read a lot so I envisage he and I would spend lots of time snuggled on a sofa in a blanket happily ignoring each other.

I don’t think blood would be shed.

FourTeaFallOut · 24/03/2023 13:29

Well, it'd be good to know that I'd be sharing the space with the only other person who would really appreciate the disaster movie style situation that we both found ourselves in.