Lol, not a magical friend but his thinking is magical.
I was joking with him one day. I was separated from my husband and before I met code3. We we're just talking about life and wanting a partner yada yada. I told him that if we were both still unmarried or didn't have someone by the time we were 35 then we would just get married and be done with it. His response was "yeah, being with a friend(you) is better than having no one." Or something like that.
The sad mindset is that having something or someone is better than being alone even if it's not real or there is no romantic love.