How often I switch depends upon many factors. For instance, my brother-in-law and his fiance, who live six hours away, called last night and asked me if I would marry them today. I said yes, and they drove up this morning. They are here right now and plan on staying for three to four days. Barring something cataclysmic, I'll be out for the next three to four days while they are here.

I have a little who I am co-conscious with and who regularly comes out. How often? It varies at the best of times but by way of an example, she and I are both a bit of a smart you-know-what, but we have very different sense of humors. So, co-conscious we might watch a movie together with my wife and something strikes us funny. She responds to the scene with a smart aleck comment or joke and I laugh. My wife turns to me and asks me what was funny. Often, we'll switch right then and Sonseearae will tell her what she was thinking, sometimes I'll report the thought.

For the ones with whom we have no co-consciousness, a trigger will bring them forth, but often there are no triggers which would facilitate someone else's arrival for days or even weeks. Other times, they might be out most of the day for extended periods at a time. Still other times, they might be out a hundred times for a minute or two throughout the day. An example of this last situation, if I had been in Charleston, South Carolina a few weeks ago, I would have been switching rapidly every time I sensed immediate danger to someone who has never failed to quickly neutralize dangerous situations - but in my day to day life, he doesn't spend a great deal of time out and about.