I Used To Believe is a funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. The following pages will reassure you that the things you used to believe weren't so strange after all...
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One time when I was little, I went to the grocery store with my Mom and she saw an egg plant and she was jokeing around and said "Look baby!! Its an alien" Well ofcourse I belived her. She bought two. Your thinking I was scared of the eggplant. WRONG! When we got home, I asked if I could look at the eggplant. I took it into myy room and I dressed it up in cabage patch doll cloth and put it in my stroler and I strolled it around the house. My Mom always had to take the egg plants when they got old and she would switch them out. lol
I would also not talk to my perants after they ate egg plant. I got very upset!
Dessy (from food : general)
When I was about six or seven years old, I came to the sudden realization that maybe God DIDN'T look like the man that was on the Pringles can. I had always imagined him with that horrible comb-over and mustache.
Lauryn (from religion : characters)
When i was little and laying in bed to go to sleep, i could hear my heart beating but i didn't know what it was so i used to imagine a giant T-rex dinosaur was running and destroying the town i lived in and that any moment its foot would come crashing down through the roof, evan though i knew dinosaurs are extinct and it was very unlikely.It was only till i was about 11-12 did i find out it was my heart. I still imagine it sometimes, but im not scared.
feeling_so_stupid (from make-believe : monsters)
When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.
Lily (from animals : birds)
When I was a kid, I had a storybook with dragons and unicorns, but also kangaroos. So I thought kangaroos weren't real. When I went to the zoo for the first time, I was in pure awe.
Noel (from animals : general)
I used to believe clouds were formed by jets and their exhaust.
Olivia (from nature : weather)
I am 16. about a year ago, i was microwaving some food and watching it through the door. my mum spotted me and (i suppose just for a laugh)told me not to do that, otherwise i would gradually cook my eyeballs from stray waves. One year on, I've finally realised the truth! haha!
Microwavable fruitcake (from body parts : eyes)
when i was little my mom used to tell me if you eat food before you go to sleep you will have nighmares
michelle (from food : general)
i used to think the water tower was filled with milk
jen (from food : milk)
When I was about four, my Mom stopped helping me take a bath so when I was done with my bath, I would just throw my towl on the floor in my perants room and my Mom would yell at me and say "Its going to grow mold!" So when I brushed my teeth, I wouldnt let my Mom put water on my toothbrush before I brushed my teeth because I was worried my mouth would grow mold : (
Dessy (from at home : bathrooms)
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