getting older

I used to belive that the older you got the taller you got. And you never stoped growing, and I belived you never died. So I thought 80 year old people was like 20 inches or something. Until the day I went to see my grandparents....

Christine Getz

When I was four, I believed that it would be impossible for me to become older than fifhteen. I was absolutely shure I were going to die before I got THAT old.

Gudrun

i used to believe that when teenagers dated, the guy had to be older than the girl.

claire

not understanding age just yet, i asked my dad why his hair was grey and mine was blonde - i was about 4 years old.

jaime w.

When I was a child, I thought that grown-ups were adult.

Gloria

When i was 5-6,i think....I USED TO BELIEVE that the our names change when we are 'big' and i was thinking a lot what my name shall be,i wanted to prepare myself...

Windy

My younger sister got so upset at always being younger than I. So, one time when I threw in her face "I am older than you, that's why" she answered "Wait until I get older than you!" I tried to correct her, telling her it would never happen. She stated, matter-of-factly, "After you turn 24, you start counting backwards! I will be older than you then!"
Now that we are both past that age, I remind her often that i am actually younger than she is... and will be until we start counting forward again! My poor sis, she just can't win!

Tina Principe

I used to think that only grown ups were "people".Children to me were no people ,they were just children.

Minny

When I was about 7, I was riding in a car with my grandmother and a Temptations song came on the radio. I told her 'you know this song', and she said 'No I don't recognize it'. I was sure she was lying to me because she was old and so was the song. It took me several years to grasp the idea of the generation gap, and that the Temptations were popular when my parents were teenagers.

Anon

My friend's five year old son can not understand the concept that his mother and I were friends before he was born. Whenever I kept him he thought I was a teenager like his other babysitters. One day he was being particulary rude and I explained to him that I was an adult just like his mother, and in fact am older than she is. He thought about this for a minute and replied, "Yeh but my mom is taller than you."

ik

I used to believe that everything was known, and adults knew everything, and that the only reason I didn't was that I was just a kid. I still remember how upset I felt when my mom said, "Well honey, Mommy doesn't know everything!"

Zorak the Mantis

When I was small, I used to believe that adults knew everything and never made mistakes. Now that I am one, I know better, but I am reminded of my own thoughts as I look into the innocent eyes of my three-year-old grandson.

Alice

I thought that after my sister graduated from high school, she was going to have to move to Europe to continue her studies (like the girl in a story I once read) and I'd never see her again. I cried throughout her entire graduation ceremony. After the ceremony, I summoned up the courage to ask my sister what she was going to do after school was finished and she shrugged her shoulders and said, "I guess I'll work at the ice cream shop." I was stunned and relieved. (though 6 yrs later she moved to Africa to teach)

ano

Every holiday I was amazed at how long my parents could sit and talk to my uncles and aunts and older cousins. I was sure that once I got older that would somehow seem more fun than going out and doing something. But it still doesn't.

dave bug

i used to be very afraid of growing up, because that would mean that my body would continue growing larger and larger to the point that i would be a freaky giant with no place to stay and no friends/family of "my size".

mike tee

I used to think adults were happy all the time, except on soap operas. And that adults knew everything, like how to order an airline ticket, and that really awed me.

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