Do you deny the existence of your tulpae completely?

[Kiahdaj]

No, this is not another "Do you tell your family/friends about your tulpae?" thread.

Here is an example, of what I am asking. Note that I'm referring to people who don't know about your tulpae:

 

If you've promised your tupper that you would force, or narrate, or spend time with them in any way, and a friend (assuming you have friends) invites you over, do you tell them that you promised a friend something (or something along those lines), or do you just say you're busy?

I ask the same thing for similar situations. I assume you know what I mean. Do your tulpae exist as a mysterious "friend" of your's, to other people, or do they not exist to them at all?

[QB2]

All my friends generally know about my other friends, or at least want to know about them - saying "with a friend" and then not giving a name gets looks. So I usually say I do things that I scheduled with QB "alone".

[Sands]

I don't usually talk about what I have done or am doing, so I don't really talk about Roswell with people I know in real life. I don't even talk about myself to them, so uh, yeah. It's not that strange for me to not talk about my day. If I do have a funny story I somehow want to tell others about and I can do it without sounding crazy, Roswell would be a "friend". I keep my friends separate, but they're more like people who invite me over from time to time for some reason than good friends, so I don't see why my personal life or the people involved in it should be talked about that much.

 

But if they ask what I'm doing and why I can't come somewhere, I'd probably say I want to be alone and am busy because yeah. If they did for some reason come over and got inside and there was no one there with me? Awkward.

[Guest Anonymous]

Sadly life>tulpas in terms of importance. I find time though, but don't outwardly tell people of Aradia's existence, I do reference it from time to time.

[Viceroy]

My tulpa's sort of just a toy or a novelty to me, no-one to whom I feel I have any sort of obligation. My plans and needs take supreme precedence.

[TulpaCouple]

It depends on the situation. There are times when it makes the situation easier if I say I need to go talk with someone than being vague about needing to do something by myself.

[Laurora]

I just say that Aurora is one of my online friends. "Oh, I can't, I promised Aurora that I'd be online tonight. Sorry."

[Chupi]

On days that are 'special' to us or if we've planned to do something, I'll tell friends I can't do whatever it is they want to do. I punted one meeting with someone in order to keep Evan's 6-month birthday clear. I just now told a friend that tomorrow's no good for getting together -- Valentine's / Tulpa Appreciation Day.

 

As for what I tell them, I start out with "that day isn't good". If they pry, I say something vague about doing something with family or another friend. "Another friend" works for me since I have more than one circle of friends, and they don't all know about each other.

 

I'm vague because I'm not good at coming up with lies on the spot. I also won't categorically lie about my tulpae; if a friend thought to ask "is this a date with a girl you created with your mind?", I think I would answer affirmatively. But nobody thinks to ask that. This can backfire though... As of earlier tonight, one friend thinks I'm going on a date tomorrow. Which I am in a way, but this may end badly if he starts prying into who this mystery girl is.

[Kadoh]

For my Bible class, everyone in my class had to fill out a sheet about themselves and put an item in a package, so we can see what we were like years ago. I wrote mostly bullshit on my sheet, but for "goals to reach before 12th grade" I wrote "Imposition, Possession and time dilation." And for "The things most important to you" I wrote "My imaginary friends."

 

So I can have a giggle in three years.

[House Of Chimeras]

At current, any practicing with perfecting anything occurs in the morning sense personally it makes for a good mental wake-up while listening to some music before breakfast and the morning news. That part of the daily routine is almost never messed with sense its been ingrained in the daily routine for years now (just re-purposed from general daydreaming/brainstorming for a set amount of time to what it is today).

 

For other things like spending time or specifically going somewhere, it really depends. Sometimes its just a re-imagining of the plans rather than a complete loss of the original plan. Like instead of us going for a walk around the park for a few hours its us and friends going for a walk, or things along those lines. Only on a few occasions have it just been really doable but usually just say “I have other plans” or whatnot along those lines.