My cousin used to be addicted to sucking his thumb when he was little. We thought his thumb would get really big if he kept on with this habit. Shoot, he didn't give a crap. He kept on until he was just turning 6, but still did it in his sleep. I laughed at him too.

James the Great

Since I had a older brother who was 6 years older then me and had already gorwn out of this habit, I didnt even know kids did this. I assumed you did it for the first week after birth then just stopped. Well, when i went to my first sleep-over, there was a girl there who was older then me, (i think she was 6) and she sucked her thumb. I thought she she did it, it must be cool. I went home and sucked my thumb. My mom told me that it was immature and babyish so i was to stop. I did, but i didn't believe her until years later.

Hannah

My mom told me that if I continued to suck my thumb, my front teeth would grow like a rabbit's. I stopped, but then accused her of lying when my front teeth grew on.

Mrs. Buck Teeth

I sucked my thumb when I was younger, and our familie's friend had lost his thumb in a farming accident. But everytime we saw him, he would show my sister and I the stub he had for a thumb and try to scare us to stop sucking our thumb...it obviously didn't work as I sucked my thumb until I was almost 21 years old! Nice try though...

Fear of tractor-girl

I've sucked my thumb for my entire life, and still do now. When I was like 7 or 8, an older friend who was maybe fifteen told me that she sucked her thumb a lot and it shrunk. She showed me too, but later on, (still sucking) i realized that it is very easy to just make your thumb go higher or lower than the other one when you compare them side by side. (ps im 14 have a nose ring and still suck my thumb!!!)

Sucker4Eva

When i sucked my thumb when i was little, my Grandmother always used to ask me what it tasted like. I always told her that it tasted like grapes and strawberries. I could just imagine someone mixing up grapes and strawberries in a bowl and then spreading it on my thumb at night!!!

JMK

When I sucked my thumb everyone would say that it was goin 2 shrink.
The thumb I used to suck (sometimes still do) is smaller than the other one!

breena

When I was younger, about 4, I used to suck my thumb. One day, my dad went to the Movie rental store with me and found this one mover cover that shows a monster coming out of somebody's mouth. He suddenly said, "That's gonna happen to you if you keep sucking your thumb."
Eversince then I was to afraid to even put my thumb near my mouth (up until I was 7 though)

TK

When i was little i used to believe that if you stuck your fingers in your mouth worms would grow in your mouth. I stopped doing that after a while because i was so scared.

Lisa

When i was little my mom told me that if i didnt stop sucking my thumb then it would turn as pruney as my great-grandmother. I was about to fall aslep one night and my thumb automatically went to my mouth. The next day i called my great-grandmother and told her to straighten herself out because i wanted to suck my thumb

SwtLilGrl

my mum told me that if i sucked my thumb it would fall off, my teacher told me it was a lie though so i was nolonger scared after that.

rudiger2

i used to think that if i didn't suck my finger i would die. so i carried on for ages and now i have a wartish thing on my thumb and sometimes when i don't reolize i find my thumb in my mouth!!!

rudiger2

My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb.

Traumatized

When i was little, my mom would say to me " If you don't stop sucking your thumb, it will turn out to be a stick jsut like a lolipop".....

Helen

I used to suck my thumb all the time as a child. One day, my older sister came home from school and said that her teacher had told her that if you suck your thumb for too long, as an adult, your thumb would swell up and explode. Aahhh!

Jennie

When I was little, I heard my mom telling my older brother that if he continued to suck his thumb, it would fall off, or become mis shaped, and that's why auntie didn't have one. i was terrified and never sucked my thumb!

jayjay

I believed if I sucked on my thumb too long, or stayed in the bathtub for too long, I'd turn into a raisin. Thanks to my mother.

Cat