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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Approximately 65 percent of young children befriend imaginary companions, and nearly one-third continue to play with them through age 7, new research shows. Rest of story at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=7&u=/nm/imaginary_friends_dcAnyone ever have an imaginary friend? I didn't, but apparently I'm in the minority. My six year old daughter doesn't have one that I'm aware of, but she is very in lust with a boy at her school and even showed me where she's going to tattoo his name when she gets older. :roll: |
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« Reply #1 on: Dec 12, 2004, 10:27 AM » |
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I never had an imaginary friend. At least, not one that I can remember. I guess I was always lucky enough to either have a good neighbor friend or one in school.
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« Reply #2 on: Dec 12, 2004, 02:56 PM » |
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i missed out on the whole imaginary friend stage of life. Though at times, i've been hardpressed to figure out if my friends now are imaginary or not....
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« Reply #3 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:21 PM » |
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I don't have any imaginary friends, and my friend Bob can vouch for it.
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« Reply #4 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:23 PM » |
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Question: Does this count people that are "real", but you pretend don't exist or that aren't your friends when others are around, or is this only being applied to those that exist in your mind (like that hot chick in your math class that you think you're "friends" with)?
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« Reply #5 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:28 PM » |
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I think she meant friends that are of your own mind, which no one else can see or hear. Basically, non-existant people.
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« Reply #6 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:29 PM » |
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Ah, ok... though that could still be that math class chick, depending on how boring your math class is ;)
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« Reply #7 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:35 PM » |
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There's nothing wrong with a little eye candy during class, though :-)
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« Reply #8 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:37 PM » |
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lol... it's the only thing that makes certain classes worth going to *cough* Speech *cough*
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« Reply #9 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:41 PM » |
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I have to be careful what I say here, though, my wife is liable to invade my own posts... damn mod status... :-)
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She always did love to dance.
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« Reply #10 on: Dec 12, 2004, 03:46 PM » |
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haha... nothing wrong w/acknowledging the reality of things w/o talking about them... it's human nature for our minds to wander and at least imagine... it's healthy to keep your mind active... the problem is when some of those imaginations go a bit too far :x
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« Reply #11 on: Dec 13, 2004, 08:43 AM » |
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a friend and me had ghost friends when we were little----named herman and homer----don't know why----we were young
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« Reply #12 on: Dec 13, 2004, 11:22 AM » |
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a friend and me had ghost friends when we were little----named herman and homer----don't know why----we were young Yes, but ghosts ARE real.  |
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« Reply #13 on: Dec 13, 2004, 07:55 PM » |
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Yes, but ghosts ARE real. Yes...but not everyone believes in them.  As for the imaginary friends...nope, all my not-so-real friends came from books. |
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« Reply #14 on: Dec 13, 2004, 07:59 PM » |
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I used to see gremlins when I was a kid in Alexandria, VA. They scared the heck out of me. Every once in awhile, they'd wait for me at the bottom of the stairs, on the railing. You see, my bedroom was the only room on the third floor of the house so I had to go downstairs to do anything. So, I'd just sit at the top of the stairs, wishing they would go away. Eventually, I just had to run the gauntlet and get past them. And I am not making this up...
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She always did love to dance.
"Michael Waltrip is the worst driver in NASCAR period. I cannot believe Napa signed back on with him." -Clint Bowyer after getting in a wreck at Bristol, 8/23/08
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« Reply #15 on: Dec 13, 2004, 08:06 PM » |
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I used to see gremlins when I was a kid in Alexandria, VA. They scared the heck out of me. Every once in awhile, they'd wait for me at the bottom of the stairs, on the railing. You see, my bedroom was the only room on the third floor of the house so I had to go downstairs to do anything. So, I'd just sit at the top of the stairs, wishing they would go away. Eventually, I just had to run the gauntlet and get past them. And I am not making this up... The fun part about this is that I can almost see this since I knew you only a few years after when this would have happened. |
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« Reply #16 on: Dec 13, 2004, 08:07 PM » |
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Hey, what's that supposed to mean? :-)
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She always did love to dance.
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« Reply #17 on: Dec 13, 2004, 08:10 PM » |
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Nothing *looks around while whistling*
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« Reply #18 on: Dec 13, 2004, 08:14 PM » |
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You must die now
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She always did love to dance.
"Michael Waltrip is the worst driver in NASCAR period. I cannot believe Napa signed back on with him." -Clint Bowyer after getting in a wreck at Bristol, 8/23/08
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« Reply #19 on: Dec 13, 2004, 08:24 PM » |
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El Mono, you scare the crap out of me. All this time, I thought you were "normal".
When I was a kid, my friend was "Sue Green". She went everywhere with me. I once caused the entire camping party of about twenty people to go on a two hour search for me because I was out walking with my "pal".
We had a lot of fun and I didn't understand why everyone was so upset. I was about seven years old at the time and the place we were at was a very secluded forest. Oops.
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« Reply #20 on: Dec 15, 2004, 09:39 AM » |
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How would I be normal when my parents were anything but? :-)
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She always did love to dance.
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« Reply #21 on: Dec 16, 2004, 06:47 PM » |
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I think your parents are extremely normal compared to the rest of your family.
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« Reply #22 on: Dec 16, 2004, 10:15 PM » |
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I think your parents are extremely normal compared to the rest of your family. AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *deep breath* AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And yet sadly what you say is true. :twisted: |
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« Reply #23 on: Dec 17, 2004, 07:55 PM » |
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Vengeance is blessed with a normal mother |
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« Reply #24 on: Dec 17, 2004, 09:19 PM » |
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Vengeance is blessed with a normal mother Quote Vengeance - AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *deep breath* AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry - couldn't resist. |
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