If you met someone just like you, would you be friends?

[BeanQuisine]

If you met yourself socially, would you find yourself becoming friends, or disliking her?

Yes I know it's impossible, but just imagine meeting someone exactly like yourself (but looking somewhat different). Would you warm to yourself, find yourself boring or actually be repelled?

In my case, I'd probably find it difficult to get to know me, but after a while we'd probably get along very well, even if we found each other a bit creepy.

I think I’d respect me and find me fun so I’d like to work with/ for me- but I am socially quite loud - so that might be a clash or too much noise?

I can be a bit socially awkward and find it difficult to gauge the right level of 'friendly' to be with strangers when we first meet (resulting in me either being over-friendly or too stand-offish), so I think I'd find myself a bit odd! I once worked with someone that I found a bit irritating and weird, but then realised that the things that annoyed me about her were actually the things I don't like about myself - we became good friends in the end!

Probably, but only if our social/anti social times matches, otherwise we'd never speak... Can't help thinking we'd be a really bad influence on each other.

We'd get on OK, but we'd keep drifting out of contact unless we lived together (which we probably could) because I'm rubbish at initiating get-togethers with friends.

I’m not sure.

I’m honest enough to admit there’s traits I have which I know I would find intensely irritating in others 😂 😬

Ha. I think there'd be similar problems if I met someone just like me. We'd be ever-so-polite at first, so much so that we might seem mutually stand-offish and somewhat "superior".

It might take a few social occasions and a shared bottle of wine before we realised we're on the same wavelength in many warmer ways.

Dunno - feel like I can be a bit much sometimes, quite emotional and a big thinker. Probably would feed off each other which can go one of two ways 😅 at least I would have someone who can handle their drink as well as I can (don’t drink all that often!) - that would be fun on my rare nights out

Yes, but we'd never meet up because one or the other of us would cancel every time (and we'd both be secretly massively relieved), all of our text messages would start with "I'm SO sorry I've been so rubbish at replying", and we'd be constantly anxious that the other person was annoyed at us.

You don't sound too modest! 😂

Hmm, probably not if I'm honest. I'm a good person, kind and I think I'm a good friend but I'm terrible at small talk and rarely initiate getting together (fear of rejection) but always happy to see my friends.
Definitely some food for thought for me there...

Ha ha absolutely not not. I am a nightmare I mean I am always fun. But a total liability, drama queen that likes to be centre of attention. I am surprised my friends actually like me.

Nobody is just like anyone else. But definitely the more you have in common character wise the better.

I think I wouldn't want a partner who was a lot like me, but friends. Definitely.

Partners I think need to be a bit more yin and Yang. So if one is more extrovert then the other less so. Else they might be too much or too introspective if they were both v outgoing or v shy.

I’m not sure how much I’d like me on immediate meeting now, I used to be more of a people pleaser and now I don’t know if I make as good a first impression as I used to because of this. If I got to know myself I would love to be my friend, I am loyal, caring, thoughtful and a good laugh.

Oh god no. I drive myself mad most of the time. There can't be two of us 😆

I did and we are.
So are our daughters.

God no. I had a friend exactly like me once, we both have horribly addictive personalities and just dragged each other down.
My best friend is my absolute opposite.

Absolutely, yes. I would be my ideal friend.

We would send each other Pinterest pictures of various craft stuff every couple of months, a hi how are you doing message on WhatsApp every 6 weeks or so and an occasional "i hate people" exchange and apart from that we'd never talk to each other (unless either of us needed help in which case we'd be there in a flash) and we'd both be very happy with that and consider each other our closest friend.

I do actually have that friend.

We haven't seen each other in years. The last time she messaged me it was a link to a new craft kit i love and the last time I messaged her it was a joke about needing an alibi.

We love our friendship.

Well, we’d have a lot in common…

This is a great question op

This would be me. I’m usually friends with people who are better at maintaining friendships than I am. So we’d probably be friendly but not that close.

We would have some wonderful conversations and laugh a lot but would find each other very irritating at times.

Good god no, I’m a whinging, self righteous cow! (Though I am kind.)

We'd be fucking in minutes...

I think you’re the person just like me that I would meet 🤣

Me and my bestie are like this. Two old (ish) autistic women who came out the same pea pod. I am able to endure her really bloody annoying traits because I know she has to put up with me in the same way.