I used to have an imaginary friend, who for some reason I called Carol Leaf. I had actually thought it was the name of a friend of my sister's, and i recalled asking her, but she insisted she never had a friend by that name. So started telling me I made it up, and she told my mom that I had an imaginary friend, so I went along with it, to make them happy. She did things like that all the time.... sisters.. geez
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- My little sister's imaginary friend was Kit the talking car from that show Knight Rider.Anon
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- I thought my imaginary friend was real and he imagined me
I hope he still believes I existAnon - my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- 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