I never had an imaginary friend. I never played with toys - all I cared about was books and video games. I never used toys to improvise little scenarios to entertain myself. I had TV for that. I never had a blanket or toy I carried around with me everywhere. I never treated a stuffed animal like it was a real person, or the like. It took me decades to realize that Winnie the Pooh et al were Christopher Robin's toys. Sorry if that just blew your mind. I never played in the sandbox. I had zero interest in LEGO. I tried the monkey bars a few times and decided they were not for me, although I did enjoy quite literally "hanging out" on them now and then. Dolls and actions figures meant nothing to me. I watched a lot of cartoons (because animation is awesome) but never got "into" them like my peers did. While other kids were pretending to be He-Man, I was devoted to Newton's Apple with Ira Platow, and any other science programs I could find. In short, I was a very strange child. Spooky, even. From the age of 4 I talked like an adult, which must sound very weird coming out of a small child's body. I am sure more than one person wondered where the ventriloquist was hiding. In short, I was a very weird and uncanny child. I was absolutely nothing like my peers, and found what I really liked was hanging around with adults because some of them were actually interested in the same "grown up" things as I was As a result, I went many years with zero friends. It was a brilliant but cold life. All light and no heat. Anyhow, um..... thanks for letting me spill, I guess. :)