Did you (do you) have an imaginary friend?

weiland79

I didn't but my daughter does.She's five.
His name is Ghosty and she is always chatting away to him and playing with him.
Most recently she was jumping from one foot to the other bursting to go to the loo. When i asked her why she didn't just sit on the the toilet instead of just looking at it she said " because Ghosty is doing a poo "

Dr_Phil

No.

4zn76tysfajdxp

You're all my imaginary friends.

Mark200

Not me, but I think most people call their imaginary friend 'God'.

Tipp-girl

Yes. His name is Jesus

Oi! less of the religion mocking! Both that and imaginary friends can help people in their hours of need....

Cú Giobach

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Oi! less of the religion mocking! Both that and imaginary friends can help people in their hours of need....

Better that people help themselves than rely on imaginary beings. :cool:

weiland79

Is there really going to be a theological discussion in this thread?
Why don't we start talking about Cowen and co, the state of the economy and for good measure the old reliable I'm not a racist but........

Let's put this to bed. People have a right to believe exactly what they want about about the unanswered Qs. There isn't anything to say that they are right. There isn't anything to say that they're wrong. More religions = more feastdays = more reasons to skive off work and go on the beer. Any questions? Atheism---->thisaway!

Imaginary friends? Afraid not. I'd love to ask people who had them as kids. Do you remmeber them? is it a case of imagining them, or were they reallly real to you as in "WTF Mam, can you NOT see him? He's right there!"

4zn76tysfajdxp

weiland79 wrote: »

Is there really going to be a theological discussion in this thread?
Why don't we start talking about Cowen and co, the state of the economy and for good measure the old reliable I'm not a racist but........

you don't have any black imaginary friends?

Cú Giobach

Only saying we shouldn't rely on these things.
Heroin would be as good, makes one feel better in the short term, not much good at sorting out the underlying problem though.

Just to stay OT, I had an imaginary spider as a friend, according to my mum I chatted to him for hours at a time.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Cú Giobach wrote: »

Better that people help themselves than rely on imaginary beings. :cool:

Well if they are imaginary then they are relying on themselves...

Son Of A Vidic

Yip, still do.

Cú Giobach

THFC wrote: »

Well if they are imaginary then they are relying on themselves...

Very deep. Well played.

Son Of A Vidic

medicman2009 wrote: »

Yip, still do.

What! Who typed that? I certainly didn't! :eek:

xzanti

Yep, his name is Maurice, he's a space cowboy.

Sofiztikated

I did. He was a 3 inch version of me that would run and jump, platformer style.

littlefriend

Yes, I had 3 - Michael, Winkin and Caffrey.
No idea where I got the names.

Coriolanus

I'm told I did but I don't remember them.

Princess Peach

I tend to kiss and talk to my teddies a good bit.

They haven't talked back......yet.

estadio

Money is my imaginary friend its everywhere i imagine but nowhere in reality ):

alwaysadub

I used my teddies and Cabbage Patch Dolls. Gave them all full names and even had school copy books for them to do all their work in..

No, it's not strange..honest.

Daisy Steiner

Yeah, his name was Milko


I went on to do some porn in later life . . . wonder was it connected?

confusticated

I had one called Dreaka. Dunno where I got the name, don't remember it at all but the parents say it's true.

My sister had two who lived in a little shed in the garden. She hadn't talked about them in a while so I asked how they were one day and she said matter-of-factly, "oh, they died." She was three.:eek:

Coriolanus

confusticated wrote: »

I had one called Dreaka. Dunno where I got the name, don't remember it at all but the parents say it's true.

My sister had two who lived in a little shed in the garden. She hadn't talked about them in a while so I asked how they were one day and she said matter-of-factly, "oh, they died." She was three.:eek:

Yeah, my little brothers died when the parents seperated. Thought it was kind of creepy at the time. I wonder if there's any connection to trauma of any kind.

AntiMatter

I had an imaginary friend, named Harvey. At least, I think I imagined him.

bonerm

xzanti wrote: »

Yep, his name is Maurice, he's a space cowboy.

You're some Joker.

cooltown

Well yes! His Birthday was on the 25th of December.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Yes. bastard beat up and stole my pocket money...:mad:

starbelgrade

I see dead people.

Asphyxia

I didn't but my sister did her name was Sarah and she had to go and do everything my sister did it was crazy at sometimes times but we look back and laugh about it.

dougal-maguire

yup,used to have one.dont really remember what it was like but i used to call him samie sa :cool:

Superbus

Yes, his name was Peter, an elaborate story was created primarily revolving around his fiery relationship with his twin sisters. He used to come to dinner, and there would have to be an empty plate next to me for him. He only ate invisible food. He eventually died (of cancer, allegedly) when I was about 6.

I was an awkward child, looking back.

tricks

Yeah his name was Coninj

I used to ring him on the house phone all the time my parents weren't impressed.

TouchingVirus

I first masturbated around 6 even though I had no idea what was going on. I needed no imaginary friends after that.

Not true, but AH appropriate response

Phony Scott

I have an imaginary friend. He's either Elvis Presley or Val Kilmer, not sure. He always ends his speeches with "I like you...always have, always will".

RinkyDinkSlink

Yup. Her name was my name with a Super in front of it (how original was I?). She was magical and I totally couldn't understand the grown-up's finding her funny. She eventually left when I was about 7 to travel around the world.

Jaxxy

I had a few. One was called Invisible Vincent, he was a pilot. Another was called Vaseline, my father killed her by accident by sitting on her. Vaseline was great, I used to leave my veg for her because she liked veg and I didn't.

Big Nasty

RinkyDinkSlink wrote: »

Yup. Her name was my name with a Super in front of it (how original was I?). She was magical and I totally couldn't understand the grown-up's finding her funny. She eventually left when I was about 7 to travel around the world.

SuperRinkyDinkSlink!?! :eek:

Sticky_Fingers

Thats something I've always wondered about, do imaginary friends appear real to the people who have them? Do they walk, talk and appear solid like everyone else or is it somehow different?

marcsignal

weiland79 wrote: »

I didn't but my daughter does.She's five.
His name is Ghosty and she is always chatting away to him and playing with him.
Most recently she was jumping from one foot to the other bursting to go to the loo. When i asked her why she didn't just sit on the the toilet instead of just looking at it she said " because Ghosty is doing a poo "

just wait til 'Ghosty' starts throwing your furniture around the room at 4am :pac:

Diabhal Beag

Honestly no. Never thought it was a possibility until I heard people talk about it.

Agricola

No. Even if I had been asked that question when I was 8 years old, Im pretty sure i would have said you were a mentalist!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

starbelgrade wrote: »

I see dead people.

Pocketfizz wrote: »

I didn't but my sister did her name was Sarah and she had to go and do everything my sister did it was crazy at sometimes times but we look back and laugh about it.

dougal-maguire wrote: »

yup,used to have one.dont really remember what it was like but i used to call him samie sa :cool:

Superbus wrote: »

Yes, his name was Peter, an elaborate story was created primarily revolving around his fiery relationship with his twin sisters. He used to come to dinner, and there would have to be an empty plate next to me for him. He only ate invisible food. He eventually died (of cancer, allegedly) when I was about 6.

I was an awkward child, looking back.

tricks wrote: »

Yeah his name was Coninj

I used to ring him on the house phone all the time my parents weren't impressed.

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I first masturbated around 6 even though I had no idea what was going on. I needed no imaginary friends after that.

Not true, but AH appropriate response

Phony Scott wrote: »

I have an imaginary friend. He's either Elvis Presley or Val Kilmer, not sure. He always ends his speeches with "I like you...always have, always will".

RinkyDinkSlink wrote: »

Yup. Her name was my name with a Super in front of it (how original was I?). She was magical and I totally couldn't understand the grown-up's finding her funny. She eventually left when I was about 7 to travel around the world.

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

I had a few. One was called Invisible Vincent, he was a pilot. Another was called Vaseline, my father killed her by accident by sitting on her. Vaseline was great, I used to leave my veg for her because she liked veg and I didn't.

MCMLXXV wrote: »

SuperRinkyDinkSlink!?! :eek:

Sticky_Fingers wrote: »

Thats something I've always wondered about, do imaginary friends appear real to the people who have them? Do they walk, talk and appear solid like everyone else or is it somehow different?

marcsignal wrote: »

just wait til 'Ghosty' starts throwing your furniture around the room at 4am :pac:

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Honestly no. Never thought it was a possibility until I heard people talk about it.

Agricola wrote: »

No. Even if I had been asked that question when I was 8 years old, Im pretty sure i would have said you were a mentalist!

Eh... do you mind? his is a private conversation!! Some people are just so rude!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Eh... do you mind? his is a private conversation!! Some people are just so rude!

Yes, I couldn't agree more.

jdivision

I had two. I must have bored the first one:o

Little Acorn

Do children actually see these imaginary friends, as in the form of some hallucination, or do they just pretend about seeing them for attention/company or whatever?
Could be ghosts that they are seeing?

Saruman

No. I am the poster boy for sanity I guess

Stench Blossoms

My sister had one. His name was Dulling.

Dad was bringing her to the shops once and she screamed from the back of the car to stop. My dad did 'cause he thought she was sick or something. She got out of the car and proceeded to tell Dulling to get into the car and she slapped him over the back of the head and told him never to be bold again.

She's never going to live it down.