# If it was possible to meet yourself socially... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167 "2003-04-16T20:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/21 "2003-04-17T03:44:16Z")
I would like me, we have alot in common and the same sense of humor. I’d like me more because I know I’d grab my butt and there’s just nothing like a butt grab to break the tension. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/22 "2003-04-17T03:54:54Z")
::grabs **MamaHen** ’s butt gleefully:: ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/23 "2003-04-17T03:56:38Z")
See, I like \*\* Searching For Truth\*\*, I didn’t before but now the tension is gone and I can admit it! ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/24 "2003-04-17T05:28:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheNerd \* > \*\*If it’s at a party or other gathering of people I sorta know, we’d nod to acknowledge each other’s presence, say maybe 2 words to each other the whole time (“beer?” “Over there.”) > \*\* This is exactly what would happen for me. Unless I spend a lot of time with someone (i.e. work with them, etc.), I won’t really be friends with them. If I’m not comfortable with someone, I won’t open up with him. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/25 "2003-04-17T06:17:39Z")
No. Me and Myself wouldn’t even acknowledge the other person. We’d both be too busy sleeping, reading message boards, or hiding somewhere with our noses in a book. If we ever actually did meet, we’d nod to ourself and that’d be about it. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/26 "2003-04-17T07:34:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChalkPit \* > \*\*Or more realisticaly, someone with identical personality traits as yourself. Do you think you would get along ? \*\* Absolutely! We’d both enjoy sleeping late. And I’d love to travel with someone like me! ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/27 "2003-04-17T08:25:43Z")
Oh, no way. I would hate spending time with someone so insufferably happy and smug about life. Yuck ! ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/28 "2003-04-18T13:25:08Z")
You know what would be exceedingly cool? To meet yourself 10 years older. As in, Nardo age 31 goes into the bar and finds Nardo age 41 sitting there. Both Nardos would benefit, I’m sure. On the other hand, if Nardo age 31 went past the playground and saw Nardo age 7 playing in the dirt, he might just hide his face and walk quickly away… ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/29 "2003-04-18T13:30:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*Nope. I’d be subtly trying to hog all the attention away from myself, and _being_ myself, I’d recognize the strategy and think I was annoying. 😉 \*\* We **do** have a lot in common, **auntie**! I think I’d feel the same way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167/30 "2003-04-18T13:39:47Z")
If it was a gathering, I’d think I was incredibly quiet, either that or I was conceited, seeing as how I was so aloof and nonresponsive, albeit polite, to people I didn’t know. I would not really like myself that much, if I bothered to make any sort of judgement at all. Upon repeated meetings, in the same gathering type situation, I’d eventually come to realize that I’m pretty funny sometimes, once I get to know me, and although I still don’t talk much, when I do speak it’s usually something interesting. Wait, it’s me, it’s always something interesting. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-possible-to-meet-yourself-socially/169167.md?page=1)