My husband has just caught me doing something terrible and embarrassing...

[PrettyRicky]

My DH came home unexpectedly and I was in the kitchen doing something I probably shouldn't have been doing but which I do every time I'm home alone.

I was having an imaginary interview on Radio 4 Woman's Hour about my new, hugely critically acclaimed novel.

DH walked in just as I was saying to Jane Garvey "That's an interesting question, Jane. The book's really a reflection on womanhood at times of crisis".

He was just stood there at the kitchen door and said "What is? Who's Jane?" and then looked around the corner to our dining table, presumably expecting to find someone called Jane who'd popped around for a brew.

HottySnanky I do that, but in my case it is John Keats and a BCG.

We all have a bit of Walter Mitty in us.

In my head, I'm also the author of a world famous novel. I have planned my interview with Mariella Frostrup and Graham Norton - where I will be so witty, insightful and entertaining that I end up a regular on various chat shows, including some serious ones. I even get to meet Chimimanda Ngozie Adichie, although I'm clearly not a patch on her.

I've also designed the house that I'll have built once the millions start rolling in.

A vivid imagination is a sign of intelligence, btw.

I've learned on MN that narrating your day helps with the tedium. I now do just that.

"And there goes paxillin, carrying the laptop, will she find the charger before it shuts down, it's a close one, YES, she did it. Now she is looking for that file she needs to send off before the deadline in 12 minutes, it needs reformatting, but oh, she is distracted by... what looks like a child looking for his dinosaur... crisis averted, she opens the file in question..."

Yay! Oldbooks and spudlets it's nice to have companions. That care home sounds awesome.

I have given many interviews about my bestselling novels, plus the acceptance speech when the adaptation of one of them won a BAFTA (I wrote the screenplay as well, obvs).

I also do the "explaining the 21st century to a visitor from the past" thing - or sometimes to a fictional character .

I recently did jury service, so I have been practicing holding up under ruthless cross-examination, impressing the jury with my calm and dignified demeanor in the face of extreme provocation from counsel - either as the defendant (wrongly accused, natch), or as the key witness who prevents a terrible miscarriage of justice.

This is often done out loud if I'm alone in the house, or in my head while I'm walking or swimming.

It's so nice to know that if I'm mad I'm not alone in it!

LOL love it . I get caught all the time. Singing in the mirror and busting out my dance moves. Interviewing myself in the car to the radio or generally talking to myself. I do it all the time. I find its the only way to get a sensible answer. My family just walk in shake their head and walk out again (except my DS who joins me for a duet lol)

SO...you are all quite normal then? (ahem!)

I am reading this and laughing out load in a mental health reception area!

ThelivingAsheth I do this, it's usually Laura Ingalls Wilder from the Little House on the Prairie books. I love explaining to her how the shower works etc while I'm cleaning the bathroom, and imagine her going back into her little prairie house after a lovely hot shower at mine. Gives me a benevolent glow.

I also have arguments with various people which I win easily and brilliantly; and a fair bit of daily life narration. With songs.

I have tried arguing with Henry VIII wrt whose fault it was he didn't have any healthy male heirs, unfortunately, although I was brilliant, I couldn't see how it was going to end without having my head cut off. So I'm avoiding Henry atm

ApplePaltrow21 NO WAY!

Hmm, foreign healer you say? Totally stealing that.

Another one, sometimes I imagined that I was the Star In The Reasonably Priced Car whilst driving (but not to the point of actually driving like it).

For the last twenty years (or thereabouts) I have been a warrior princess saving the world from all manner of terrible disasters. You're welcome. My favourite part is the monster truck that I drive around so that I can shove bad drivers out of my way. (Happy sigh.)

You've all reminded me that I have many a time gone over my Strictly winner's speech while alone in the house. I praise the other competitors, the band and Dave Arch (who everyone seems to forget to credit!) and, of course, my partner.

I move them, and myself, to tears.

I do the music videos thing too, usually when I'm walking along the street - sometimes I pretend to sing the words and the walking turns into more of a dance-walk

Oh and if I'm the passenger in a car thats going fast, I'll pretend I'm actually running alongside at superhero speed, complete with jumping over any obstacles like fences or shadows - this is done by buttock-tensing to get the "lift" feeling. Probably good exercise actually!

I've also designed the house that I'll have built once the millions start rolling in.

I have a Pinterest board dedicated to this too. I am fully prepared and ready to go for when I win millions.

I do this so frequently and enthusiastically that I'd nowadays go so far as to call it a hobby

Most often, I rehash intense conversations/arguments, even some from a decade ago. I also anticipate debates I may have in the future and practice for them.

Recently I've taken to imagining (either while in the car or hoovering) that I'm in the foyer of the local children's hospital, there's a camera crew there and I'm singing Let It Go to all the poorly children. My performance makes the papers.

OP is adorable.

Reminds me of my wonderfully entertaining best friend at secondary school, Nick, who admitted to regularly pretending he was being interviewed on Parkinson whilst sitting on the loo.

Just what I needed to read today

I am followed everywhere by a film crew

I alternate between pretending to be a sultry lounge singer and Batman.

Oh god I argue with myself. Mostly to talk myself out of doing stupid shit. It doesn't work.

That made me laugh!

Sultry singer - yes 'PitilessYank'
I like to be Marlene Dietrich - 'Falling in luuuurve again, Neverrrr waanted toooo' as I slink through doorways wielding the hoover.

Haha op that's brilliant!
I'm feeling a lot less like a weirdo after reading this thread. I often have my own cooking show when I'm making dinner

I used to talk to myself a lot as I work at home, unfortunately I now Home ed so I don't want DS to think I'm crazier than he already does...

But that is really funny...