My parents realized that I was a messed-up kid when my imaginary friend died.
I actually couldn't stand her at all. But I still cried when she died.
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)
- I thought there was some video games so hard that if you died on them you also died in real life!— Kakuri
- When I was little I believed when an actor died in a movie, he died in real life.— Ben
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- I used to believe that when we died (and animals) died they were picked up in a bus with there name on it.— Lawny
- I used to believe everyone died when they turned 100, and they never died before or after.Anon