Anyone else do weird stuff they wouldn't admit to in real life?

[Lorddenning1]

Go easy on me, I know MN can be a hostile time at the minute,,,,
I am currently obsessed with The Handmaids Tale, cant stop watching the series on Prime, and I was lying in the bath having a soak and I started to mimic the lead characters facial movements, and then I though since I have been watching it, I pretend I'm in it, pretending that I am also an oppressed woman and answer to men only etc, is this weird?

I do this with other things like books or other series, it doesn't affect my life, in a crazy way but more like a day dream sort of way and when the kids ask for a snack, i snap out of it. Am I the only weirdo around here, or do have weird things you do that you would never admit to in real life or do I need some professional help :)

Sometimes I'll be doing something like loading the washing machine and I'll freeze for a few seconds and imagine I'm a wax model in a tableau in a museum in like 50 years time - 'Modern life in the year 2020'.

I used to always do my acceptance speeches at the Oscars in my teens holding ornaments from the living room. I loved when Phoebe did it in Friends I was like it's not just me!

When I'm alone in the house I watch those crappy Hallmark type movies, particularly the Christmas ones.

They're all the same really. Woman with perfectly curled hair and unsuitable winter coat returns to hometown after 10 years making it big in the city to care for elderly family member. Bumps into high school sweetheart who broke her heart. Falls in love again. Big misunderstanding ensues. Woman goes back to the city. Bf follows her to explain misunderstanding and declare love. Happy ending.

I'd be mortified if anyone found out I watch this stuff. It's sheer easy escapism in a 90 minute package!

@Claphands

I like to imagine how id live in a tiny space In somewhere like NY, Somewhere like those tiny box rooms you get in Japan, it started years ago when i had a small single room on a residential course and now i imagine how id fit fay to day living into somewhere as small as my downstairs loo! Told you it was weird!!

I do this too!

If I'm going out to meet friends, I'll do a run through of any anecdotes I might get to tell while I'm getting dressed and doing my make up.

And I also tell the whole story of something interesting that has happened to me and imagine I'm at a dinner party. Except I'm on my own in my pyjamas.

I also have very intense obsessions and my life revolves around certain subjects from time to time. I call this behaviour my "tiny obsessions" and this is somethong my DP, my best friend and my mum are aware of. The obsessions can be normal hobby stuff like gardening or really uncommon stuff like Ex-libris and weird spoons.

@SnackRussell

I sometimes gallop up the stairs on all fours, like a pony.

I do this but not as a pony, I'm always a T-Rex.

@LagneyandCasey

When I'm alone in the house I watch those crappy Hallmark type movies, particularly the Christmas ones.

They're all the same really. Woman with perfectly curled hair and unsuitable winter coat returns to hometown after 10 years making it big in the city to care for elderly family member. Bumps into high school sweetheart who broke her heart. Falls in love again. Big misunderstanding ensues. Woman goes back to the city. Bf follows her to explain misunderstanding and declare love. Happy ending.

I'd be mortified if anyone found out I watch this stuff. It's sheer easy escapism in a 90 minute package!

I love those films and record them

Sometimes I'll be doing something like loading the washing machine and I'll freeze for a few seconds and imagine I'm a wax model in a tableau in a museum in like 50 years time - 'Modern life in the year 2020'.

That made me

haha these response are so funny, i may have to try the running up the stairs like an animal.
i cant believe some of you have told people in real life what u do :) do you think everyone does these things but nobody ever admits it? or is the fear of being sectioned haha
i also count things all the time, i count doors, stairs, windows.
i also fake argument with people, its good for the soul.
i also imagine my own funeral and what song i would pick and who would come and would they cry,,,is this too far?

@Notselfish - that’s easy - have a very large, wraparound garden. Big bay windows at the front, and a lovely orangery style conservatory to the side, and clever planting in the garden to give the orangery privacy from the road without blocking the light or view for you.

I can be walking down the street and tell myself I must get to the next lamp post before the next car drives past me.
I also do concerts while listening to music and cooking/housework.
This is really embarrassing but my first celebrity crush when young was cat from red dwarf and I use to pretend we where holding hands and where ' together '

I hear you OP.
I am totally batshit and often in my own little world
Not many people know.
My DH calls me "little weirdo."

I think it's fine!

I appear totally normal in public 😁

I have imaginary conversations with people who annoy me.

I spend hours on rightmove, planning which room would be which etc in ridiculous places (like a croft miles from anywhere in the highlands)

Most people have fantasy's , they just don't talk about them I think.
I often dream about a nice house with an indoor pool. I write books in my head , but I'm not good enough to put it paper! That has faded a lot over the years , but I used to do it all the time as a child.
I often imagine I'm a CEO ( but a nice one) who wears nice clothes and a big salary and nice car. The actual job is vague though :) maybe book related! I'm never famous though , as i would hate that.
All of this will never happen , but it doesn't hurt to dream does it?
(I don't tell anyone any of this either)
It's just daydreaming and a release from the norm , which isn't at all exciting.

For my fellow staircase animal people. Something for us all to aspire to. Sadly I’m probably too heavy in the front end and would probably snap both my arms.

I’m trying to imagine the t-Rex thing though? Surely that still involves two legs? Or do you tick your elbows back inside your top and just stick your hands out?

I plan disaster strategies all the time.

I've found my tribe! I thought it was just me. There's something strangely comforting about planning ahead for disaster. I just wish I'd seen this one coming.

@Jaxhog - haha how would we even plan for this disaster, just curious really, maybe more alcohol.

I make up fake names for myself in my head, just in case I need to go into witness protection. This is happening a lot lately as I recently started a new job and meeting all these new people has made me wonder about new names for myself

I have conversations with time travellers from the past, often Anne Boleyn, where I explain how the modern world works. We go to the pub and the cinema etc. She right likes me.

Every meal I cook I'm presenting my own cooking show.... more Keith floyd than nigella though

[quote SnackRussell]For my fellow staircase animal people. Something for us all to aspire to. Sadly I’m probably too heavy in the front end and would probably snap both my arms.

I’m trying to imagine the t-Rex thing though? Surely that still involves two legs? Or do you tick your elbows back inside your top and just stick your hands out?

[/quote] Yeah I should have explained it more. I tuck my arms in by my sides for the little T-Rex arms and do a sort of tip-toe but also stompy thing as I go up the stairs. Not quite the same as an elegant pony trot. DH once caught me doing my T-Rex thing but he knows I'm weird in other ways so just raised an eyebrow and shook his head.

Oops the quote thing is weird when there's a link in it. Sorry.

@SnackRussell You win 👏 Now I want to do the same!