I had a whole host of imaginary friends as a child - mostly TV characters, often from Neighbours. I also had an imaginary dog (the golden labrador Bouncer from the Oz soap opera "Neighbours") who I would walk when my grandparents were taking me somewhere.
The embarrassment they suffered when I used to hang back and announce that we had to wait because Bouncer was peeing.
A childhood belief about imaginary friends
others believed things like this
- Soap Opera's are Soaps that sing Opera to you while you take a bath. Right???— Kid 1990
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- My brother was terrorised by an imaginary charecter called anorak doo-dah— Corin
- 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