My older sister had a friend with the last name Bower. My younger sister who was maybe 4 or 5 at the time wanted a friend too, and she didn't have many,so she invented one. She called the friend her "bower" and got great enjoyment out of playing with her much to the delight of the rest of us who got much enjoyment laughing about it. We still do to this day, over 30 years later, ask her about her "bower".
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- My sister's friend thought cats were just small dogs when she was younger.— Richard Davies
- I never had a make believe friend but my sister used to tell me I DID but he left cause I was really BORING.— Jamie
- My little sister's imaginary friend was Kit the talking car from that show Knight Rider.Anon
- My friend's sister used to think the auto pilot on a plane was an inflatable man like the one in Airplane!— Richard Davies