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Imaginary friends
Did anyone have imaginary friends when they were little? Does anyone's kid have one now?
Betsy has an imaginary friend. His name is Angel, he's a little boy, and he's always getting into trouble and has to be rescued. Earlier this week he got stuck in the mud up to his belly, and then yesterday he got stuck in an apple tree. This morning he was lost and needed me and Ms. Kyle (B's teacher) to go find him.
Is this normal for a 2.5 year old? Is my kid destined to be a weirdo unless I produce a sibling for her ASAP?
LMK.
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Re: Imaginary friends
Yes, please pop out more super cute well-dressed babies right now.
I had a dog as my imaginary friend. I remember feeling like I was SURE she was real.
I told everyone that I had a dog but she jumped in the car, my grandma yelled at her her, and so she ran away. I would talk about how much I missed my dog and how I hoped the dog would stop being scared of grandma and come home. My poor grandma. I told teachers, strangers, friends, neighbors, and family about her chasing off my imaginary dog.
So I had a very well developed imaginary friend from 2 till 5 when my parents finally gave in and got me a real dog. And I am totally normal. I am not hiding bodies in my closet. I swear. Just don't look in there, k?
Yes. I even asked because I was worried about my 2.5 year old's overactive imagination and my pedi told me it was normal/fine. He clearly has a sibling so it's not that. lol
Ours isn't a person though. We have a neighbor who's a dragon. He has a family and they're building a cool house. LOL.
I have been saying that there is no bear and he is safe, because I thought he was scared. But he likes bears. An imaginary friend never occurred to me. Way to crush the kid's imagination, self.
That is hilarious. Your poor grandma!
Thanks, y'all. I always thought that imaginary friends happened later in childhood, Drop-Dead Fred style. This makes me feel better!
ETA: No promises on the sibling thing, tho.
Sometimes A will start talking to someone in the house.
...but now I'm just mostly convinced it's haunted.
Hells yes DDF!
PLEASE!!!!! Pretty please.
I think that is adorable! I never had one, my DH said he did and he grew up to be an amazing artist! He can sculpt, paint, draw, ect. He is very visual.
Your DD is so cute BTW
“I’d marry again if I found a man who had $15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the marriage and guarantee he’d be dead in a year.” - Bette Davis
I had an imaginary friend. His name was Johnny Carson & he was always getting into imaginary trouble. He was miniature, like only 6 inches tall. My family still teases me for that one.
I don't think DS has an imaginary friend but he does have an active imagination with everything else!
I am an only child so I had imaginary friends probably until I was way to old for it...
I had my BFF "Amy", she had red hair and did everything with me. When she wasn't with me she lived in the land of imaginary friends, where there was a motherly figure "Kanga" and a few others. I often wrote letters to those who lived in the imaginary land....
Jack does that too and it freaks me out. Our house was built in 1900 so I assume it's some ghost.
I love these stories! Imaginary friends seem way cooler than real friends.
I knew a girl who had one until she was about three. Then she ate her imaginary friend one day at the park and never had another one. She is almost 15 now and is totally normal. More normal than she should be.