I was watching some cartoon and the character had an inaginary friend. So i thought it would be fun to make one. I went out to our playset and started pushing an empty swing. My little sister came out and asked what i was doing. "I'm pushing my imaginary friend, ______" i forgot her name. so my little sister (the copycat) started pushing her OWN imaginary friend. Soon there were dueling imaginary friends, both trying to swing the highest. I realized how stupid it all was and shoved my sister's imaginary friend's swing sideways. My sister started bawling.
From then on, i only communicated with imaginary friends in my dreams.
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- My little sister's imaginary friend was Kit the talking car from that show Knight Rider.Anon
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- I thought my imaginary friend was real and he imagined me
I hope he still believes I existAnon - When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.— His name was Jimmy
- I used to believe in my imaginary friend dooodle.
Doodle was a stickperson and was always smiling.— Samantha