getting older

when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.

angela

One day, I found my nan ironing in the kitchen. I asked her why she was doing this, she explained: "Well, irons get the creases out of clothes and make them nice and smooth." I replied "Nanny, why don't you iron your face?"
Luckily, she had a great sense of humour.

Hannah

I used to belive that 13 year olds could drink.

Old enough now

I used to believe that when somebody turned 16, that they HAD to drive then, without a choice.

kat

I did the math and figured out that I would be 36 when the year 2000 arrived. I imagined that I'd be really old by then...too old to go out to a party, but maybe I could just manage to stay up late enough to watch it on TV. (I also thought all "old" people went to bed early and took naps during the day.)

Epicurienne

I used to believe that in order to be a teenager, you HAD to smoke and swear. My childhood friend and I would come home from Kindergarden and sit up in her room pretending to smoke and swear at eachother.....we thought we were so mature....

ShannonE

A girl who lived near to me and my older brother was only 3 or 4 months younger than my brother was. It was her 7th birthday this particular day and I remember remarking to my brother that he had better hurry up and get older because Linda was catching up with him.

Steph

When I was about 5 years old I must have seen some documentary about the ancient Egyptians. I was horrified when I saw what they did to people when they mummified them. Somehow I thought this practice still went on today and became terrified. I was so worried that I used to pray to God everynight to ask him to stop anyone from mummifying me when I grew up.

Susan S

I used to believe that everyone lived until they were 100 and you dropped dead on your 100th birthday!

Natalie

After a fight with my older brother, I threatened him with "You just wait till I grow up and I'm older than you! You'll be sorry!"

DaveC426913

As a Child up until the age of 7 I used to believe that when grown ups reached a certain age about 70years old, they started to get younger again until they became children, then babies then would disappear totally.

Claire

Someone told me that when you reached the fine old age of 15(my curret age) that your brain cells started to decrease.So I thought that eveyone over the age of 15 didn't have a brain!

midnight

When I was about seven or eight, I was convinced that as soon as I hit a certain age, I would be indoctrinated into the "Secret Society of Adults." There I would get to choose my destiny and would be told the answers to all of life's mysteries: Who is God? What happens to dead people? How do you make babies? Why is my sister such a brat? I was really upset when I found out last year this wasn't true!

gordo

When I was about 5 I was convinced that as you got older you got taller, cos everyone I knew who was older than me got taller. Consequently I believed you just kept growing and growing throughout life. In hindsight, my grandfather should have been 10 feet tall.

Ross LM

I used to believe that all old people eventually become demented when they get old enough. This was before people had identified Alzheimer's disease, so people couldn't easily explain why some old people became more and more incapacitated mentally. Anyway, I ued to wonder when my grandparents would start becoming forgetful and losing their minds...

Henry Minsky