belly buttons

My mom told me that belly buttons were knots tied by the doctor after you were born. I had four baby cousins afterwards, and last year was when I finally found out it wasn't true...

Anon

I used to beleive that if I soaked in a bath for too long, my belly buttob 'knot' would come undone and all my insides would fall out....I still can't touch mine (or anyone elses!!!) Tho am very relieved other people have these beliefs too....!

Catte

When I was a small, unscrubbed child I thought the black dirt in my belly button was left over umbilical cord from my birth.

Mud Pie Maker

I used to think ur belly button was attached to your (mens)... tools because whenever i pressed it my tool would hurt a bit.

Alex A.

My aunt told me if I swallowed my tooth, then it will go all the way down and the tooth will stick out of my belly button.

anon.

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 when someone pushed your belly button, your arms and legs would fall off.

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 used to think that if you stuck something in your belly button it would go into your body because i thought that it was a big hole in ur stomach

button

My Dad's friend convinced me that if I didn't behave he would unscrew my belly button and my arms & legs would fall off. It absolutely terrified me. I would sit very quietly in his house or go outside to play!

Kelly in Colorado

i use to beleive that belly buttons was a hole where you had a button that you wee born with and the button was the color of your birthstone so i used to try and look inside my belly button to find the left overs that the doctor forgot to take out when i was born

Anon

I was once told that my belly button kept my body together and that if i 'untied' it my arms and legs would just flop everywhere like jelly

Anon

When I was little my grandfather told us your legs would fall off if you put your finger in your belly button and pressed firmly. My older brother terrorized us for a few years by chasing us around with his pointer finger ready to go when we were in our bathing suits. I always wanted a one-piece bathing suit.

Liz

When I was a little girl, I thought boys peed out of their belly buttons.

Laur

I used to believe babies were born through the belly button.

Heather

I used to believe that if u unscrewed ur belly-button ur arms n legs would fall off so when my grandpa came over i would never let him touch my belly-button

Katie

One day I asked my dad what a belly button was for and he told me it was for where a baby comes from. So for years I believed that when a woman was pregnant and the baby wanted to be born it woukld knock at the door (duh, ur belly button) and come wandering out (very tiny!) when you let it...

Kitty

i used to think that if you pressed your belly button a baby would come out

ooky

I loved touching people's belly buttons, one day there was a new girl in my class. She was the only 'chubby' person in my class. I asked my parents why and they told me coz she poked too many people's belly buttons. I dont let anyone go near mine or go near their's.

Anon

When I was 5 i thoght otties were buttons to poop and innes were a second mouth

Sam