make-believe

I used to believe…

My sister is legally blind. She can see the big E on the chart, but even then, it is only shadows. I always had to guide my sister around when we were in an unfamiliar place. (I still do, actually...) Anyways, I felt silly walking around holding my big sister's hand, so I made her hold Velma's hand instead. Velma used to steer my sister into gutters and trees and railings. I miss Velma...

I used to believe…

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, my best friend's mom put rubber bands on her rubber plant in the living room and told us that that's where the rubber bands came from! This same woman washed her hair with mayonnaise and said all witches do that. I wondered for years if she truly was a witch.

I used to believe…

When I was about 4 yrs old I was absolutely terrified of the TV show "The Increidible Hulk." Even though the big green guy was suppose to be nice, I would freak out and run away if someone was watching that show. The house we lived in, at the time, was old and the carpet in my room was green. At night I had to sleep with the hall light on because I thought if I turned it off that the "big green guy" could use my carpet as some kind of portal (with his magical powers); beam himself into my room and scare me some more. It was some scary stuff when I was little!

I used to believe…

When I was little I was terrified of monsters. I believed in not just one, but seven Boogiemen. I even thought that I could see them. They resembled large piles of goop. Each was a different color. They were all evil, except for one that was blue. The worst one was the red one. I also had a reason for sleeping with the covers over my head. It was because each of the Boogiemen had a portion of the body they would eat. If I was under the covers then that part of me would be safe.

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When I was around 3 or 4, I had an imaginary friend named Jenny. I would talk to her on a play phone...she was never actually there in person. Jenny would call me and tell me about her adventures. As I grew older, Jenny started to call me less and less. My mother asked why this was and I said that Jenny had turned into a mermaid and was vacationing out in the ocean. The last time she called, Jenny was no longer a mermaid. She had turned into an eagle and flown away. The last thing I told my mom about Jenny was that she was dead. A hunter had shot her...I was very odd as a child.

I rember in kindergarden, me and my friends wouldn't do near the creek, beacuse my friend victoria said there was a killer mr.patetohead that lived under the bridge. he whould kil you and cut off you ears or nose what ever body part he wanted

I used to think that the splash that came up from the bathtub when the water faucet dripped was my friend, Mr. Drip. He would jump up out of the water if I told him something he was interested in.

i belived that every time at midnight i would wake up and go into the living room and into the kitchen to get something to drink when i go into the living room i turn on the light get in postion to dash into bed in the next room i thought that a ghost lived in our living room so i darted in bed and it never got me!

I used to believe…

when i was around 10 my friend told me that she own a magical spellbook called misty and that she found it in the local library and kept it she told me that if i was mean to it that she would cast a magical spell on me so i would always offer 'misty' a seat next to me or something LOL also my friend which by the way was called Millie told me she was a witch and that witches were allergic to grass. I think i had stopped believeing her when i was in year 6

I used to believe…

When i was little i had an imagerney friend and his name was jimmy. i was once talking to him and mi mom said what r u talkin about and i told her that he had told where babies come i told her that he told me that they come from a mommy's butthole and he told me that that is why some kids r so ugly

i used to belive i had imaginary friends when i was like 3, i would run crying to my mom saying that my friend hit me when nobody was there. i had two America and Tony, i have no idea how i got the names but my mom really got freaked out.

I used to believe…

Well.. you know how when you look at someone who's wearing glasses, you can sorta see your reflexion in them? I used to think that they could also see what's happening in behind them because they reflected in the back! haha And so I thought they always could see what you're doing even if they had their back to you! I was a lil paranoid ;)

I used to believe that flying bats (nevermind the fact that all bats fly) would come into my room at night and try to eat my ears.

To this day, I still can't sleep without my ears covered.

I used to believe…

After watching the film Darby O'Gill and the little people, I was terrified of Banshees (even worse since I live in Ireland and this is supposedly where they come from) I thought if you heard one it meant that someone in your house was going to die, and I used to be terrified at night when I heard the wind howling

I used to believe…

When I was little I used to have the best imaginary friend ever. Her name was Kelly and we lived together and we had 1000 dogs...all sorts of sizes and breeds. Well we would run around in my backyard and front yard trying to keep the bad guys from getting any of our dogs! Of course, Kelly's friends helped me a lot too.
Afterwards we would always go to TCBY in our 'cars' and get ice cream!

I used to believe…

When I was about 3 or 4 I had an imaginary friend. He was a very tall skinny boy with a goatee and black hair. His name was Bojangles (a name which I had heard my brother use alot, but I didn't know he was talking about male genitalia >_<)
Bojangles liked to dress up in costumes and he dressed up like jesters alot. Once I remember he dressed up as a pirate and as a knight and he often dressed up in animal suits. With every costume he gave himself a nickname (i.e Captain Plankfoot Pirate was the pirate name of his). I used to talk to him when I was scared at night and pretend he was dancing and flying around the room. As soon as I started kindergarten he wasn't around much anymore, until he left completely.