random beliefs

I used to believe, that since I wished upon a wishing well, I really would grow up to be a dinosaur.

Azi (from kids : i'm different)

I used to believe that the number of people in your family dictate how many fingers you had. Since there were five of us, I rationalized that's why I had five fingers.

Evelyn (from grown-ups : family)

When I was little my father would tell my sister and me that if a boy kisses you your nose would fall off. I learned he was lying when a oy kissed me on the chhek

saphire (from grown-ups : family)

I used to think that dogs and cats were the same animal and that all dogs were male and all cats were female so when a cat gave birth to children, it was a mix of baby dogs and baby cats

sir poops a lot (from animals : cats and dogs)

When I was a child I believed that the wind was caused by the world moving really fast through space. The more windy it was, the faster the world must have been spinning.

jules (from nature : weather)

Regarding Daylight Saving Time, I thought big satellite dishes absorbed and stored sunlight all day and then were "turned on" at dusk for an hour.

Pat (from time : general)

I used to think Cockneys only ever talked in rhyming slang.

Anon (from language : speaking)

The trails that aeroplanes leave across the sky are obviously created by pilots leaning out of the windows holding a piece of chalk, so they know where they've been. That's what I was told anyway.

Andrew (from transport : aeroplanes)

When I was little, my dad told me I had freckles on my face from throwing rocks in the toilet. For the longest time I would try to rub the freckles off my face.

Anon (from body parts : skin)

when I was little I thought I was the only person who pooed, and my parents payed all the stores and resturants to install toilets just for me.

Anon (from toilets : general)