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To ask what bloody weird things you do when home alone?

177 replies

ChaoticGouda · 04/06/2020 22:40

Let's be honest here. We all let ourselves go a little bit feral when left to our own devices, don't we?

I'm partial to having one-sided debates with the dogs over any random topics that come to mind (sounds less crazy than talking to myself IMO! Grin ). Also been known to slide around the floor in my socks after a good mop pretending I'm Michael Jackson, Hee-Hee's included.

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Soubriquet · 05/06/2020 11:56

I like to pretend I’m a chef on TV when I’m coming and talking to my audience

I have lived with my dh for 8 years, and I’ve done everything in front of him (fart etc) but this...I’ve never done

MonikaKralik · 05/06/2020 12:00

haha some answers here are hilarious and do remind me of my very own habits :D like the one from Doyouavocado and walking on all four up the stairs :D
I like to be fully dressed at home but no underwear, my kind of freedom while at home.

Distiller91 · 05/06/2020 12:04

Omg yes to whoever said imaginary argue with people who I can't argue with in real life. I am so glad other people do that too.

yelyah22 · 05/06/2020 12:04

Up the stairs on all fours. Every time.

welcometohell · 05/06/2020 12:05

Walk up the stairs on all fours without realising sometimes

I do this too!! Grin I genuinely thought I was the only one!! Why do we do this? I honestly have no idea.

I haven't been alone in the house since February and the lack of alone time is brutal. If I was alone I would drink wine, watch shit TV (shouting at the characters as they make bad decisions and cheering them on when they do something I agree with) eat fish finger and potato waffle sandwiches (don't knock it til you've tried it!) and talk to the cat (at length) about whatever/whoever has been pissing me off.

NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace · 05/06/2020 12:06

If I'm in the house then I'm alone. Always. 100% of the time. No exceptions!

I do a little bit of everything upthread. Basically, I do whatever I like. It's great Grin

I'm a bit of a social butterfly when I'm out ..... if I remember rightly Blush

WhatInFreshHell · 05/06/2020 12:07

I eat insane amounts of Nutella with a spoon...from the jar!

steppemum · 05/06/2020 12:10

I have a secret hidden in plain sight in my house and I just acknowledge it with gay abandon when I have the house to myself, a bit of a one sided conversation I suppose, but it makes me happy 😃

come on, now I have to have a clue as to what it is, and why is it hidden?

OhBugger125 · 05/06/2020 12:14

@CeeCeeEnnEss

I put on Closer by NIN and stripper dance to it in the mirror.

Oh the shame!

Love this !

I blast NIN, Ministry & Rammstein and mosh around the kitchen - but Closer is the dirtiest sexiest song !

Whatnext2018 · 05/06/2020 12:51

No @amillionnamechangeslater000 & @VioletNoRegard I’m thinking more Awesome 3-Don’t Go..Is there anybody out there-Bassheads, Playing with knives-Bizarre inc..shit like that..! 💃

FuckThisWind · 05/06/2020 13:25

@Soubriquet

I like to pretend I’m a chef on TV when I’m coming and talking to my audience

I have lived with my dh for 8 years, and I’ve done everything in front of him (fart etc) but this...I’ve never done

🙈 I hope you mean cooking @Soubriquet To pretend you're a chef when you are coming is a trifle odd, even for this thread 😂
Soubriquet · 05/06/2020 13:27

Omg!!! BlushBlushGrin

It’s supposed to be cooking!!!

BobbinThreadbare123 · 05/06/2020 13:44

I put the loudest, most vile heavy metal I can find on. Or, 80s pop. There is no in between! I listen to it while I look at crap on the internet. I also talk to the dog. Live off toast.

Silenceisnotgolden · 05/06/2020 14:10

I waft incense sticks and wear my holiday clothes, fantasise about shagging my celeb crush and plan itineraries for holidays I can’t afford (with the celeb crush).

VirginWestCoast · 05/06/2020 14:21

I have long, drawn out debates with people who aren't there. Usually I imagine that it's old classmates. When I catch myself doing this, I end up explaining (all this is out loud) to the imaginary classmates that I often pretend that they're there and have conversations with them. Then I realise that I'm still doing it and have to explain this to the imaginary people.

I'm not sure this makes much sense, but it's like the painting of a muse whose painting a muse whose painting a muse whose painting a muse whose painting a muse sort of thing.

Allmyarseandpeggymartin · 05/06/2020 14:27

Have “me time”😉

Follow it with Jane McDonald style karaoke

sueelleker · 05/06/2020 14:32

Listen to John Denver
Nothing weird about that-I love John Denver,

BissueTox · 05/06/2020 14:55

I graze from the fridge instead of eating proper meals.
Long hot bubble baths with a glass of cava
I've sometimes blitzed the entire house and then revelled in how clean and tidy it is with no one moving things or making fingerprints.
Blush

clockworklime · 05/06/2020 15:17

I sing loudly to 80s songs while improvising alternative filthy lyrics. My cleaner now knows this as she unexpectedly let herself in one morning while I was in the shower doing this.

clockworklime · 05/06/2020 15:20

For example: Highway to the danger zone / alt: "My face up your fanny hole". They don't have to make sense or even rhyme, just sang with gusto.

lazylinguist · 05/06/2020 15:26

I'm clearly far too boring and repressed to do any of these bonkers things! When I'm alone I talk to myself in Spanish (I'm teaching myself Spanish and don't go to classes, so I have nobody to practise with!). I rarely listen to music when I'm on my own because there's usually music on when dh and the dc are here, so I enjoy the quiet when nobody else is around.

Spannwr1971 · 05/06/2020 15:29

I'm a secret ukalele player. I started off only playing when everyone was out because I was crap, and embarrassed. I've been playing three years now. It's dreadful really, but my wife still doesn't know. The naughtiness of it, kind of spices up the tediousness of the practicing.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 05/06/2020 15:30

I've got my alone time back this week as ds is at school and I dont work until 12pm.Turn smooth fm up full whack and sing along to the power ballads.

Bluntness100 · 05/06/2020 15:30

I like to pretend I’m a chef on TV when I’m coming and talking to my audience

Kinky,

TanquerayTickles · 05/06/2020 15:33

Oh God, drink, smoke, wank, all the pleasures Grin

It's been so long!

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