Imaginary friends....real ones

[Davin]

I never had an imaginary friend, though I did imagine lots of things. The Aliens movie heavily influenced many of my imaginings when I was about six years old even though I hadn't actualy seen the movie until several years later. Ninjas were also a common theme of my childhood games.

[Willow]

My eldest has what is sometimes an imaginary friend and sometimes an alter ego.  Arthuroid is a robot boy who is impossibly brave strong powerful fast etc.

[OldGit]

[hot_face]  I had some imaginary friends when I was a kid, but I'm not telling you  about them.  [/hot_face]

[Siz]

My eldest has what is sometimes an imaginary friend and sometimes an alter ego.  Arthuroid is a robot boy who is impossibly brave strong powerful fast etc.

That's very cool! He'll go far

[Tank]

[hot_face]  I had some imaginary friends when I was a kid, but I'm not telling you  about them.  [/hot_face]

Beans! Spill! Now! 

[Asmodean]

[hot_face]  I had some imaginary friends when I was a kid, but I'm not telling you  about them.  [/hot_face]

Beans! Spill! Now!  

An' pick 'em up after! Just sweeped the kitchen floor. And that without a spine.

[Gawen]

I can't remember having imaginary friends as a child. Like Git, my imaginary friends (all girls) didn't show up until adolescences kicked in. Damn hormones!!

[Siz]

Coincidentally, there was a show on BBC Radio 4 today about imaginary friends. It  was interesting to hear other peoples' accounts, but I was disappointed that the host was spectacularly ignorant about the psychology of it. He kept asking "...and were you particularly lonely as a child...?" - obviously didn't know much about his subject. Shame on you R4!

I was always amused by my son, who when I asked him why he'd given the names that he did, he looked at me quizzically and said "well, that's their names, silly". Can't argue with that!