My youngest daughter (12 now) had a 'magareenie' friend when she was little, called Nettia. My older daughter and I saw her a few times. Nettia also had a brother Johnathen, who got introduced to unsuspecting visitors. Nettia was shy. Two of my sisters also imaginary friends when they were younger who were included in our busy household for a few years. My mum just accepted it as normal with no fuss and I took her lead.
My youngest sister called her imaginary friend 'Wossle' and my Grandmother told us a few years ago in a reading that Wossle was a friend of my Dad's who had died of scarlet fever when he was 7-8. Dad said he remembered the kid who died but couldn't remember his name.
My daughter told me last year that she'd 'seen' Nettia and her Grandma all day at school. She said it was like they were the same person. She hadn't mentioned Nettia for years. Her Grandma died a couple of months after she was born. Nettia disappeared when Sophie was about 4-5.
I've never thought of them as guides as they don't seem to impart any wisdom but more like playmates.
My Irish Catholic sister-in-law freaked when her son started talking to a friend she couldn't see and rushed him off the a psychiatrist. When she told us we told her about the others and said it was quite normal. She blamed my brother for having a wierd freaky family. But now he's older she's asking if I think he could be like me.
Lallymac
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