If a friend told you...
If a friend spoke to you the same way that you speak to yourself, how long would you be friends?
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charli.m
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[Old Memory]
Boring I imagine. There's only so much that two guys who agree on everything can talk about.
Maybe a couple days?
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Lucyg123swag
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OswaldCobblepot
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shade_ilmaendu
I probably wouldn't ever talk to me. :( But I'm just not good at being nice to myself...
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disthing
Oh I think we'd be friends on and off for eternity.
Sometimes this friend would be calling me shit and useless, a waste of air and earth, a disappointment, an unreliable, lazy, odd and emotionally unstable loser. In those moments we wouldn't get on.
Then other times this friend would be calling me talented, charming, attractive, creative, with real potential. He'd be giving me motivational talks and getting me fired up, pushing me to do what I need to in order to get what I want and take the next step towards fulfilment. In those moments we'd be the best of friends.
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ConfusedBoyfriend
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[Old Memory]
I speak to myself in the 2nd person, so everyone talks to me the same way.
"you there"
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purplegirl22
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shuggy-chan
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thanksforthefreecar
The same way I speak to myself... probably we would not be friends for long. But if I'm misundrstanding this and you mean "could I be friends with someone who was exactly like me" than I'm pretty sure that we would get along.
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NeuroNeptunian
I'd most likely be annoyed.
The way I speak to myself is very choppy. I jump from topic to topic and often times I have to repeat a thought in my head 5 times until I can move on to another one.
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TheGuruOfTheSauce
If I had a friend that knew exactly what I liked and spoke to me the same way I do we would probably end up having sex and marrying because I'm all over the place I would be impressed by someone that could speak my mind
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yesnomaybeso
I always tell my (close) friends everything which is in my mind.
Everything.
As in, genuinely, +99% of my thoughts.
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dom180
We'd either be very good friends or we'd hate each other. On one hand, I try to judge what is good behaviour by asking myself "how would I like it if I was the other person", which in theory would lead to me being fairly friendly. On the other hand that is only what I try to do in theory, not how I always behave in fact. Oftentimes I think I'm a bad friend.
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Squambly+
I think I would be great friends with that person because we'd talk about a lot of random things.
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NotFloydzie
I don't think we'd be friends for long, I'm not the friendliest person in the world. But at least it'll be interesting to have a conversation with them.
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Unimportant
If there were another person exactly like me, but of the opposite gender, there's a big chance we would fall in love.
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Terence_the_viking
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Blue_Velvet
I dont have any friends but if i had a friend who spoke to me the same way that i speak to myself i could be friends with them for quite some time.
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[Old Memory]
I would love to meet people exactly like me. Maybe then I would get some projects off the ground
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kelili
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bananaface
Ooh, good question:P. I like it a lot! If only because I've just realised that I wouldn't like me as another person. I don't think we'd last long as friends. I honestly don't know how I have friends, or why they willingly spend their time with me. I think if I were another person, I'd want to punch that person.
I don't think I like myself much, do I:O? Oops. Hmm, actually...
If I got to know that person well, I think we might get on very well. Hmm, this is hard. I think I could be myself with that person, but that's only because I would be with someone who is pretty much myself. And I just read your question again, how I speak to myself, I read it as how I speak to them for some reason. Hmm, if they started saying some of the things I say to myself then I might take an immediate liking because I'd know that I think that way and I never meet people I feel similar to. I'd probably think they were weird. I like weird, though. But I think I'm annoying as well. I'm stupid too. I'm not too sure if I'd want to punch or hug my me-friend yet:S.
Good question! I'm going to be thinking about this for ages now:P.
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Anonymous Post Author
Thanks Bananaface! I'm glad you like the question. Although I don't think everyone is seeing it the way I intended. Oh well.
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bananaface
I really, really like the question. I'm not sure if it's normal but I do think about what I think about myself, although I've never looked at it in the way your question does. It's a really good way of putting it. It's easier to judge other people than to judge ourselves, so thinking about ourselves as someone who we could meet and judge just like anyone else interests me. I always wonder how I come across to other people. It's really strange to me that to others I'm just another person, just like how they are to me. I'm not sure if I'm wording this right or in a way which makes sense, but this sort of thing fascinates me.:)
And sorry if I didn't read it in the way you intended it. When I was answering it, I did feel like I might be answering it in the wrong way. I do love the question, though. In fact, I like it so much that I just favourited it;).
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Anonymous Post Author
You read it correctly and I'm glad you did. It made me think a lot about my own self image. I know I can be insecure at times and I am my own worst critic. I am very cruel to myself but I would never treat another individual the way I treat myself. I saw the question posted elsewhere and it made me notice that I am too hard on myself sometimes. While I appreciate honesty from my friends they do not judge me on the same things I judge myself on. I don't think I would tolerate judgmental me. But truthfully, most people never see this side of me. I won't let them for fear of them agreeing with me. But the more you think those horrible things about yourself, the more true they feel. So hopefully replacing them with positive thoughts will work the same way.
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bananaface
Oh, that's good then:). I'm glad I didn't misinterpret it.
I can definitely see where you're coming from and I'm the same. Certain parts of what you've said sound identical to me. And I think a lot of people are hard on themselves. Like they say, "we are our own worst critic".
It's a little bit weird to me though, because although I love spending time with my friends, I also really love being by myself. I know some people who can't be happy in their own company. It just seems a bit funny to me that you can like yourself yet hate being alone, and vice versa. I know the two aren't the same thing, but still.
Also, and I'm sorry but I'm really curious, do I know who you are:)? Feel free to ignore the question, just my curiosity getting the better of me, as per usual:P.
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