money

i used to believe that the heavier money was, the more it was worth. sadly, i traded £20 notes for £1 coins. i did this until i was twelve and my mum spotted me. she asked wy i was doing it, and i siad
i want to be rich mummy.
i was devastated when i found out that i had lost around $500 pounds altogether.

poorer than yesterday

As I began getting an allowance, I realized that a lot of kids my age didn't get allowance or didn't get as much as I did (I got about $3).

So one day I went to the toy store, picked out the toy I wanted and put twenty dollars on the counter (I'd been saving up). After seeing that I was hardly tall enough to reach the counter, the clerk laughed and complimented my stick-to-it-tiveness (as in he was happy that I child my age was mature enough to think about saving money).

I bought the toy and thought about what he had said. I deducted that I was rich because I was sticky. This arroused a mixed reaction in my mind and I decided to take baths more often, but to make sure my hands were sticky so I could hold onto my money.

Marshmello Da Strawberry Cow

I used to think when I was little that you had to actually make your money by cutting out pices of paper and use a pencil to draw the faces of the presidents. I thought this for many years until my mom told me about money and how i should save it up.

Ian Dezelan

I didn't know what it meant to be "filthy rich", so I decided that the difference between the rich people and us is that they don't have to eat their apples to the end, and would throw them away after the first bite.

Alice

I thought the bank just gave away money if you typed the right number in. Now I realise thats not the case!

K Thomas

When I was younger, my sister and I would accompany my mother to the bank quite often. We believed money was hidden all over the bank lobby, we just needed to find it. We were especially certain money would be placed in the garbage bin in the island where deposit slips are filled out. We checked there every time.

Sploxy

I used to believe that the money I deposited into the bank would go into a special box with my name on it that stored the same exact bills that I gave the bank.

Pamela

Having never had to pay for anything myself, I used to believe that people were just willing to help: doctors, mechanics, tow truck drivers, hair stylists, etc. It wasn't until I was in my teens and working that I realized how much in life is dependent on your ability to pay for it.

James

When I was a child I used to believe that a coin was better value than a note. When I had got some note I always asked mother to exchange note to coin.
My mother was laughing at me then exchanged ten cent coin to ten euro note. zzz...

Lee

i used to believe that cars cost $100 (aus) and houses cost $1000- haha i wish!

schmoo

When I was little, I thought you could get money at a store because I would see the woman behind the till giving my mother change. If my mother said I couldn't have something because we didn't have enough money I would say 'but we can just buy some money at the shop like you always do'.

Layla

I used to believe that money was free and you could just go to the bank when you need some. Every time someone said they needed money I was like "HELLO!?!? Just go to the BANK!" People laughed and I didn't get it...I just got mad at them for laughing at me.

free money

I used to believe that insurance was an extremely unfortunate group of people who had to pay when bad things happened to you and do all the paperwork and that you were assigned 3 or 4 people to do so. I was also afraid of getting picked to be one.

Hollie --

When I was a young kid I used to believe that the best way to make money was to buy something. Everytime my mum took me to the shop and brought something she always got money! (little did I know it was just change.....)There was always the alternative of the magical hole in the wall that dispenses all the money one desired (or an atm...)

Bec

I used to think the logo for The National Lottery in the UK was not of a hand with crossed fingers, but some kind of weird-looking, sinister fish.

K

I thought that when you bought things with cash the shop assistant always gave you some back - didn't understand what change (i.e. the difference) was.

Kat

i used to think 1 million dollars was all the money in the world

Matt

I thought that the vault in a bank was the place where all the cash was placed, not the safety deposit boxes. I never understood when I saw that the tellers had cash in their cash drawers, and when I deposited money the tellers would not take the cash into the vault.

Watching movies about bank robberies where the main goal of the robbers is to get into the vault confused me.

Matt Thiel

I used to believe that if I set up a bank account and paid in money, they would keep the money in a sort of locker and give it me back on request, not realising the money you pay in basically turns into a number on a piece of paper.

Matt T, UK

I used to think a penny was a lot of money. Thanks Mom

Carl F. Hendershot III