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Would you be your own friend?

Asked by Grisaille (12048points) October 23rd, 2009

If you were magically split into two, or met a perfect reflection of yourself, that is.

Think of every possible flaw you have – arrogance, shyness, hot-headedness, etc – and really take a minute to think: could you stomach being around that yourself for very long?

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MacBean's avatar

If I didn’t have to live with myself, I’d think I was pretty awesome. If I did have to live with myself, I’d probably wish I’d drop dead.

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Edited for accuracy, and to sound a little less like a cry for help.

augustlan's avatar

Same here. If I had to live with myself, I’d go insane. One of me is quite enough under one roof! Otherwise, yes I would be my friend. :)

rooeytoo's avatar

Actually I think I am pretty damned near perfect. So yes, I would be honored to be my friend. Now if I could just get my husband to see the light!

virtualist's avatar

….if I was brought into immediate abrupt , yet informal, social and physical proximity to myselftwin….. one of two things would happen…..

a. ....like 2 black holes brought together in the netherlands of the Milky Way galaxy, we would go into a death spiral around each other , quickly and absolutely explosively consumming each other in a massive spinning implosion leading to a super massive black asshole

b. .... or like two protons forced too close together against all the laws of repulsion they would ping off of each other with such force that they would be each be candidates for human particles accelerated in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN Switzerland.

asmonet's avatar

Shit yeah, I’d have to. That bitch has too much dirt on me.

DarkScribe's avatar

Hell no, if I was my friend I might try to steal my wife away from me.

jbfletcherfan's avatar

Yes, I would. I must not be TOO bad, for all the friends I have. And as long as we’ve
been married & as well as we get along…yeah. I must be pretty good.

sarahny's avatar

absolutely….I love weird people :)

CMaz's avatar

For sure! But only if my other half was a woman.
Otherwise I think it would get too weird.

MissAnthrope's avatar

I think I do have a lot of good qualities and people seem to like me. However, probably not, as I’m already sick of myself as it is!

El_Cadejo's avatar

@DarkScribe no reason you guys couldnt share ;)

double your pleasure double your fun right?

CMaz's avatar

See, now that is just too weird.

deni's avatar

Mhm! Hours of disco dancing parties, looking at pictures of anteaters, and talking about how interesting native tribes are.

le_inferno's avatar

Absolutely. I try to look for friends who are like me.
Oftentimes, fuck, I AM my only friend. In many ways I am my own best friend. I like spending a good amount of time alone, and I have little tolerance with others.
I’m picky when it comes to finding people I genuinely like, and for these people I have plenty of tolerance.

J0E's avatar

I don’t see how I couldn’t, we would have everything in common and always want to do the same stuff.

Facade's avatar

Probably not because of my depression, otherwise I would.

drdoombot's avatar

Interesting question.

One of the mantras that I live by is to be someone that I would want to be friends with. It’s a variation of “love yourself,” I suppose. In my life quest of always trying to improve myself and be a better person, the question I ask myself most often is, “How would I feel about a person who would do this?” If my response is positive, I can proceed with a clear conscience.

So the answer to your question is: I’m always trying very hard to be someone that I would want to be friends with.

aprilsimnel's avatar

Oh, sure, I would now. If you asked me this a year and a half ago, I’d’ve said you were nuts.

Webzilla's avatar

I am a really relaxed person so I know I would be comfortable hanging around with me. I would not be in my face when I needed time to myself. I would make me a cup of tea when I needed a break. I would give me a hug when I knew I really needed one. I would be the bestest friend for me that anyone could be.
Might sound a little vain but I am good for me!

NewZen's avatar

I’d marry me.

IBERnineD's avatar

Um, anyone who would laugh at all my jokes, bake cupcakes with me, and dance around the house with confetti is gold in my book. Yes, I would have to be friends with myself she would be the only other crazy person I would know!

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

1,000% I would get along. I would know how to deal with myself and the logic we both would apply would allow us to solve any differences we might have.

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