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?!

Ex MIL was an attention seeking bore but described herself as 'Zany'. She would regularly tell me similar stories, yawn.
Each one finished with words to the effect of ' I'm so whacky meeee'

Why breakfast

Writing them down sounds like hard work. I don't have time for that, I'd never get anything else done!

I was once on my way to pick up dd from a playdate & accidentally pocketdialled dd's friend's mum (who I barely knew), who then heard me doing an imaginary job interview in the car, so I sort of feel your embarrassment. I don't have imaginary conversations with celebs, but that's just me. Will your dh really be surprised/shocked? I think most of us could correctly answer "who would your partner have an imaginary conversation with?", and if you're the sort of person who talks out loud when you're alone, your partner will surely have heard you before.

Also useful for language learning. I tell my adult students to talk to themselves out loud for pronunciation practice.

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

I'd be shocked if most writers don't articulate parts of their story out loud. Especially dialogue.

The trouble is , when I have these out loud conversations with people ( usually an argument) I'm so articulate , I can summon up lovely long words and I get my point across so well that they have nothing left to come back at me - it's so frustrating that it never pans out like this in real life !

I don't usually have these conversations with celebs either, last night was a bit of a one off. Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't usually play the part of two people either but last night I couldn't help myself.

Not sure if he's heard me before, I usually do it in the car or when I know I'm definitely alone. Quite annoying actually because we were both in the kitchen, he said right I'm going to bed. I turned around and started doing something else and he then snuck into the side room - in the dark I hasten to add! He's weird too.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3129008-To-wonder-if-this-is-odd-behaviour

OP, I started the above thread on this before. A bunch of people came on and told me I had some sort of mental disorder, until my people came and said this was normal. I do different characters etc - it’s fun

Bloody hell, I talk to myself ALL THE TIME. There have been multiple studies that show talking to yourself shows high intelligence, so don’t worry OP.

Oh also, my DH knows I do this. He heard me being interviewed in a fake debate titled ‘should pedophiles have mental health intervention instead of prision’ Which is exactly the kind of ‘fun’ I was talking about above!

Higher intelligence you say? Excellent!

Moist - I've just read your thread, glad that you find it fun too, it really is. Especially playing two parts. People should try it (and not get caught)

I do this too. You're fine op.

You could always tell him that you are entering a short story competition and you are trying out different scenarios.

Oh op, yeah id be embarrassed. I have one way (but in my head its 2 way) conversations. I try and do it in the car and assume people think im on the hands free having a chat

I do this, but all in my head, not out loud. Though occasionally I have found myself gesturing and pulling faces as though I were actually having the conversation. Haven't been caught out yet though.

I'm going to need to know who the pop star is. Is it Rod Stuart?

I do this all the time - the best time was being interviewed by Michelle Obama after I'd won the woman of the year award.

There's talking to yourself in a " where the hell are my keys? " kind of way, which imo is normal and there's having a conversation with someone else type of thing which is definitely weird!

It's the 2 way conversation, with a different presumably deeper voice added, that sounds a bit 'quirky' OP. Were you doing it absentmindedly or giving it your full attention?

I have a running commentary in my head all the time, I might have similar thoughts to you, but it’s a WHOLE different ball game acting it out.

Same here -I have a whole separate fantasy existence in my head but I'd hate for anyone to know about it.

I can't reveal the name of the singer, not a household name, but it would out me in all of about two seconds!

However, I can reveal that he is American. So yes, there was an accent involved

I was doing it whilst doing a few jobs in the kitchen so not completely giving it my full attention

You're a weirdo.
Welcome, everyone, to the reality that we are all a bit nuts.
OP, we all have our 'stuff'. And while I don't do what you do, I imagine (in my head) what exactly I'll say to interviewers when my historical novel is hailed as the best work of fiction for all of mankind. Basically, my novel will save humanity, it's that good. Oh I've had all sorts of interviews. I've refused Piers Morgan and won't fly to America as I'm a bit of a recluse.

The only problem is: I haven't written a fucking book!
So it's at this point I tell myself: For Cough, ya weirdo and go walk the dog.

I think you're a frustrated actor/script writer with an active imagination, combined with a pinch of neurosis and a dash of OCD. I wouldn't worry in the least. We're all weird. All of us. Is anyone going to die? No. Does your husband think you're barn door bonkers? Probably. But hey, think of it this way, he's just peeled back another layer of the onion and discovered there's even more weird stuff about you.

Sometimes when I read a really good nonfiction book about a subject I'm passionate about, I like to pretend I'm an expert being interviewed for a BBC4 programme. I usually amaze myself about how much I've retained.

I run a local event and have had radio interviews, these I practice endlessly!