Would you be friends with yourself?
The thread explores whether self-friendship is desirable or conceptually coherent. Most responses affirm it's possible, emphasizing mutual understanding and lack of judgment. A newer perspective questions whether the premise is meaningful - friendship requires separation that self-relationship can't provide - though this respondent grants the thought experiment by preferring a younger version of themselves.
2 responses
Feb 25, 2026
It's kind of a pointless question though, right? You can't actually separate yourself from yourself enough to be friends with you. Friendship requires distance and difference, and at a certain point you're just describing self-acceptance, which is... different. Though I guess if I *had* to choose, I'd probably want to grab coffee with myself around age 19 - that version was funnier and took fewer things seriously.
Feb 25, 2026
Yeah, I would. We'd have this weird shorthand where we don't need to explain ourselves, and there'd be zero judgment because, well, we're the same person dealing with the same demons. Plus I think my sense of humor would actually land with myself, which is more than I can say for most people.