belly buttons

my dad used to tell me that if i was bad he would unscrew my bellybutton and my legs would fall off.

kookykimbo

As a young child I used to believe that if my belly button knot came untied, my skin would fall off.

Carolyn

I used to believe that my belly button was for putting salt in while in bed, eating fish and chips.

Julie F

When I was growing up, my Dad used to say that if you pushed your belly button, your legs would fall off. He would chase me and my sister, trying to push the belly button and we would go shriking through the house. I know that it is silly, but still to this day I don't let anyone touch my belly button. Unfortunately, my kids don't buy into that story so it is another memory that won't coninue.

Jeff

I used to think if you messed with your belly button too much, It would pop out and you would spring a leak.

Jessica

i used to believe that when a woman was pregnant, you had to push the belly button and the baby would just pop out!! well i didnt know what else it was there for!!

Emma

I used to believe that only males were allowed to show their belly buttons as it seemed whenever males had their shirts off it would be showing. However, girls back then hardly ever wore bikinis, never had their bellies showing, and when a girl did have a belly button showing it was a big deal. Even my female cousin used to say how lucky I was to be a boy because whenever we went swimming mine was always showing and she loved to look at it. She’d always complain how she wasn’t allowed to display hers. To further this belief, in gym we boys had to take our shirts off sometimes and had our belly buttons showing even in front of the girls, while the girls were always kept well covered in their gym outfits.

anon

I used to believe that men had sex through a woman’s belly button and somehow that’s how she got pregnant. As such I believed that it was part of a female’s private parts.

anon

I believed my mom when she told me if u play with your belly button it would pop out witch she said has happened to her because she he's an outty belly button so I believed her and i don't play with my belly button sence then!!

Chrisy M.

I used to believe that belly buttons were the knots left after the umbilical cord was removed. I thought that the sticky-out kind was a different sort of knot.

Anon

When I was little I thought everybody had a innie belly button because I did. But the forst time I saw a outie belly button I asked, "whats that?"

Katherine

I thought that when I was born my Mum had selected the style of my belly button out of a catalogue that nurses could do. I was a bit cross coz with her because it was a sticky outy one.

SillySally

I used to believe that everyone had a baby and it was stored in their Belly Button. Because once I looked in there adn saw a line and thought it was my babys butt Crack. So sometimes I would Randomly whip my baby by sticking my finger in my belly button

Jess

I used to think that your belly button was a hole into your body and when it gets fiddled with your finger would touch your stomach and poison it.

josh