I'm with Bakery actually.....I have 6 american eskimo dogs & they would lever allow an imaginary friend to get between them & me.....there just is no room because anytime I sit down, I have at least 3 of them surrounding me constantly.......I would imagine that an imaginary friend would be necessary because I can't imagine NOT talking to anyone (or dogs in my case).

Sometimes we have to do what is necessary for ourselves.....as long as no one is hurt by the situation which I can't imagine that there could be, I don't see anything wrong with it. However, I would imagine that you might want to be a bit careful out in public.

Of course, I don't think that anyone in public would even notice. I remember one day when I was living in California, my psychologist & I went to the part that day. There was a guy that was just talking on & on while standing there with no one around......turned out he had a blue tooth in his ear & was talking on the cell phone......no worries anymore.....everyone would just think you were talking on the cell phone & think nothing of you taking to an imaginary friend in public either.