Oh FUCK - husband just overheard me having a conversation with myself!!

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I am SO embarrassed right now.

The imaginary conversation was between me and a singing idol of mine. We were collaborating on something together when he suddenly announced that he had feelings for me and could no longer work with me, didn't want to cheat on his wife etc.....

I thought my husband had come up to bed 10 mins earlier and only realised when I got upstairs, that he was actually sat in the room off our kitchen!

FUCK!!! This is mortifying. He hasn't mentioned it but he surely heard me!

AIBU to run away and never come back?!

Dear OP, I love this post. No one is crazy for day dreaming, lots of people do it for lots of reasons, some for fun, some to help get there heads around an pending situation that might be worrying them. My boss caught me talking to myself, well, I was actually looking out the window mimicking a recent office rant in which he'd pissed me off. I jumped out of my skin, thought he was in a meeting but he'd returned for paperwork 😄

I’m horrendous for doing this exact thing! I will make up whole complex scenarios based around something and will go into huge amounts of depth!
Just a few have included a walking dead themed life, I had a whole scenario mapped out and went into so many different angles depending on where I was who I was with etc etc.
I watched Kate plus 8 a few years ago before I had my LG and day dreamed about what life would be like with 8 children. I went into so much detail I even now know where you can buy tables with high chairs integrated into them 😫😂
I’ve always had an extremely high imagination and loved that I can take myself away for a few hours a week into my own recluse. My parter has found out about this but he kinda is okay. I tend to do it on car journeys when I’m alone and have time to myself!

Ugh, people saying it's 'weird' are like the bullies in the playground who couldn't cope with what they didn't understand. Narrow minded, lazy thinkers.

Kim - it's quite ironic that your slamming people with active imaginations yet are pretty much creating entire stories for them yourself. I agree with OP you come across as very angry.

I do this all the time. I'm not always a character in the story, sometimes it's just an abstract tale. My husband knows and thinks I should write a book. Isn't this basically what storytellers do?

Vive le imagination!

How brilliant! I look very having a dialogue with me and someone who's playing on my mind! It helps clear things but after I don't have a partner, I do it when alone and as my sons largely ignore mutterings I can get away with it! But being overheard... Just say you were talking over something in your head and it's done now

Don’t see anything wrong with it. That’s what they do in theatre etc, role play. It’s what kids do, too. I had a whole stable of horses in my back garden when I was young that I mucked out and rode. What’s so wrong with doing it as an adult, too? Also, as an adult I had lengthy what I can only call therapy chats with my real horse and dog. Can honestly say they did more good than the real counsellor I was seeing, without saying a word!!

I do this kind of thing all the time! My husband thinks I’m bonkers but thinks it’s cute! Don’t worry about it :)

Don’t be ashamed! I do this, occasionally out loud, plenty often. Different themes - vary from the mundane (work situations) to the completely childish: being Han Solo in the Falcon while going up the M40. Don’t worry - our car can’t sustain 70 for long, let alone light speed. Usually on my own. I’ve not been caught muttering, but have sometimes lied about what I’m thinking if distracted (when washing up etc). Not sure how DW would react. She reads a lot but I don’t think she acts it out - if she did if find it endearing.

I'm loving hearing the stories. When I'm not winning medals at the commonwealth games I'm often a student at the University of Hawaii or UCLA on a top scholarship. I spend my days on the beach and bag a world champion surfer (whilst excelling at my degree, sports and everything else).

I often role play arguments out loud with people I would love to say what I really think to! It releases a lot of tension! I also do nice stuff like you, with idols of mine or the new baby in my belly or just random stuff like replaying my wedding or the proposal out loud. I have even cried at some bits when I’ve been super emotional or hormonal. Like I said, my husband thinks I’m bonkers but that it’s cute. I know I’m bonkers but it’s harmless stuff that is actually really therapeutic sometimes!

This is great ! You’re not alone OP, but I imagine conversations with someone, say my bit out loud and imagine the responses, then get annoyed at them . Daft really but totally normal I’d say !

I do this all the time. I speak to my imaginary sister. I am an only child. I realise this sounds sad and that I need help but it has genuinely helped me work through some big issues in my life.
I am quite normal and lovely. Honest!

I'm halfway through a MA in Creative Writing = of course I talk out loud, I'm testing conversations between characters for flow/nuance/character development. Luckily all my friends love my quirks and I don't care for the opinions of others who aren't my friends.

that is very odd. Especially the fact you’re not alone in the house. Not saying I’d do that anyway, but may be more likely to talk to myself if completely alone.

But maybe I’m odd. Who knows.

Cookie37 that’s exactly what I do! Right down to the getting annoyed part! I even shout sometimes, or (dare I say it for all the people calling OP a weirdo) cry!

This reminds me of a total cring time when I was about 20 I was alone in my parents house and for some reason decide to sing / rap as loud as I could in a strong Manchester accent!! Parents came home and literally thought I was taking a stroke or something! Tried to say I was just singing.

Also your DP did not say anything because he blocks out your voice so he doesn’t hear instruction.

is it not a sign off intelligence that your mind bored off the mundane goes off on one no one calls Shakespeare or Wilde weird for dreaming up things

Op people get paid good money for that sort of thing- they’re called actors!
If I were you I’d get it written up then tell husband I’m writing a really filthy play 🤓

I do this loads - creating stories in my head, and in some of them, yep I’m in a relationship with a good looking rockstar.

It’s always felt very mentally healthy to me, as though it uses parts of my brain that maybe don’t get used in other areas of my life. I’ve done it when going through happy times, sad times, average times etc. So I completely disagree with previous posters saying anyone who does this must be unhappy or lacking something in their life.

Also, for those of you who not only don't understand doing this (which is fair enough) but are rude or dismissive to those of us who do - are you equally scathing to anyone who creates or thinks about something that isn’t real?! Better tell Jk Rowling or any other successful writer of fiction they’re wasting their time.

And people who are being dismissive or rude - do you ever read a fiction book or watch a drama on tv? I don’t think daydreaming a fantasy world is a million miles away from losing yourself in a fictional world someone else has created is it? Except you get to be the creator as well, which is pretty cool

Heh, no need to die of shame. As long as you're aware and it's not an intense stage of maladaptive daydreaming (which can interfere with life), where's the harm in creative play?

If he asks, just say you're writing or thinking about writing a screenplay or novel. Writers read their work aloud all the time.

Do people really do this?

I talk to myself - problem solve! But I don’t have imaginary conversations with another person!

I do this OP! Your not alone- thats not to say its normal.

I do it as escapism.

Brilliant

This story is either very exaggerated or you really need to boot yourself up the arse.
not funny.
Nuff said.

What’s your beef Micksee?