I do it on and off, always have. My parents are quite accustomed to this habit.
My father still admonishes me (gently but firmly) about it. He's been doing this since I was about 10, using almost the same words, with a few variations as I've aged.
My mother merely puts her palm or fingers on my mouth, smiles and says in a loving tone: "Enough. Either someone will think you're mad, or you'll actually go mad."
And my work colleagues look at each other as if to say: "There she goes."
I make funny noises, mostly, and talk to inanimate objects. I work from home now,but it apparently used to crack my coworkers up. "Stupid computer." "Gah. Can Opener. You job is to open things. Do it." You know, that sort of stuff.
The only time I really got nailed for talking to myself was when my son was about three. He was always with me. I think most parents can identify with this. You talk to the kid all day long. "We're going to do this.... Ok now,we're going to do that..." You also ask a lot of questions and give lots of little tasks. So, there I was, walking down an aisle the store, talking to my son. We got to the pet food and our brand was on the bottom. I said something like, "Oh no, it looks like it's all gone. Can you look down there at the back of the shelf and see if there are more green bags in back?" When my son didn't respond, I turned around to find out why... he wasn't with me that day. There were three or four people in the aisle that backed away rather quickly though. lol
I love this story, Just Asking. Thanks for spending the time to relate it.
Oh, how did I miss your answer?
Lovely answer, quite in line with my way of thinking.
My other self is hard of hearing, so it's usually just responding with "huh, what, or pardon?"
Hello N:
No. Talking to myself is NUTS.. So, I talk to my cat.
excon
Humans are reborn as cats, do you know?
Close encounter of the first kind.
Enjoyed it thoroughly. :)
So, excon, who, do you think, you're talking to?