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?!

This has to be a wind up?!

When I was a kid I used to make the walk to school more interesting by pretending a celebrity was walking with me.

But I didn’t talk.......

And that was 20 years ago.....

Perhaps you have always had a secret wish to be in amateur dramatics and were just rehearsing for an audition.

'that people who do it are often 'rehearsing' their responses to a variety of situations, '

I do this.
Only in my head though.
I've had some stress to deal with and I sort everything out in my head including conversations I may have in the future with people about situations.

I now feel normal so thanks for this thread.

I remember that old thread oddcat.

I talk to myself, plus- run through conversations all the time.

Never thought it was that odd!

Infact, I'm on that old thread!!

Talking to yourself, generally - not weird. Having a vivid imagination/fantasies - not weird. Having a conversation out loud with yourself, doing different voices, about a celebrity wanting to sleep with you - very, very weird.

Me and DP do it. He has conversations about work or computer games. I have arguments with people who aren’t there. It’s a great stress reliever.

My husband has just caught me doing something terrible and embarrassing...www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2832231-My-husband-has-just-caught-me-doing-something-terrible-and-embarrassing

Your welcome 😁

I'm going to judge from the fact that I've never heard anyone dramatising a conversation ongoing in their own head before, that your DH is currently checking out MH websites to see what's going on here.

Yes, I'd be mortified.

Why is it weird Fenella

I think it's because I'm not very quick witted, thus I need to replay all the cutting/ sarcastic / incredibly clever and witty things I should have said?

I think it sounds cool op!!

Like many others have said, I do the imaginary conversations with people too. I've sometimes caught myself talking out loud while doing it, usually while I'm alone in the car thankfully. No childhood trauma here so maybe I am just super weird, but I'm ok with that.

I do this all the time, have done so since childhood. I mostly do it in my head these days though, or at least just mutter under my breath, so that people won't think I'm weird.

My daughter does it out loud all the time - clearly a chip off the old block!

this is weird! not only do you knowing pretend to talk to someone who you know isn't there and respond pretending to be them but you also feel embarrassed in front of someone you're married too.

I do this all the time, especially when I'm driving alone.

DP has overheard me once or twice - I blame it on the cats!

It's called maladaptive daydreaming. I do it and have since I was a child, although I do it less since I got a Smart Phone and kids to keep me busy. For me it's a symptom of ADHD.

www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/maladaptive-daydreaming

Oh my god hulks I’ve recently come to realise I may have adult adhd and I do this too

Hadn’t realised it was a symptom

I don’t do it for long though abd not so much now - more late teens early twenties

I'm not sure how being embarrassed in front of the person I'm married to is either weird, or relevant? I think in the grand scheme of things and judging by some of the responses here, it was wholly embarrassing!

I'm glad that the ratio of people who think it's weird versus those who also do it too is getting smaller though

To the poster who said 'Some husbands have the ability to tune out their wife's voice.'
This is definitely him! He lives in a right old daydream sometimes (probably having conversations in his head) - so there is a chance he didn't hear and my secret is safe

Onceuponatimethen the term maladaptive makes it seem much worse than it is. I'm sure for some it's all encompassing, and certainly for me during really stressful times in my life it can get a little out of hand, but mostly I have complete control over it, I know it's not real, and I find it a bit of a stress relief.

However, my DH hasn't walked in on me having a serious conversation with Captain America & Iron Man about whose side I'm on so.....

That's not too bad really....We left the cat for the first time recently & when I got back I was having a snuggle with the cat singing Kylie & Jason's especially for you....the bit about being back together....turned around & DP was standing there!!!!!

You need to write your fantasies down, not articulate them out loyd