Your umbilical cord was attached to mom's belly button (in vitro) and that was how you got food until you were born

Anon

This one's about my sister: She used to think her belly-button was going to burst open,and like unravel.She'd constantly cry about it.

Anonymous

when i was tiny (5-7) i belived that if your tummy groled your bellybutton was the one grolling.

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I used to believe that kids were born out of the bellybutton. I mean, that was the only logical explaination for why the bellybutton was on my stomach! Plus, my mom had a C-section n' told me how she had to get my brother taken out from there (and pointed to her stomach by her bellybutton) so what was I supposed to think!

Adriana

I used to believe, because my dad said so, that my arms, legs and head were all held on by cords attached to my belly button. If my belly button were to fall off, I would fall apart. It made sense to me because that's how G.I. Joe dolls were made.

Sarah Bass

I thought that my belly button was the place where bugs could get in and kill me. im so stupid!

Julie

When i was little i thought that if you played with your bellybutton it would come undone and your insides would fall out.

Amber

I used to believe that babies came out of your belly button, and that's why we had them (I didn't take into consideration the fact that men also had them!)

Nicola

When I was young i used to think when a woman wanted to have a baby , she just pushed her belly button and in a glipse a baby appeared. Lol. When I was about 5 i wanted a baby to have a baby too so i kept pressing my belly button. I was rather disappointed when I never got one.

Kerry

My mother was once tickling her newborn grandsons belly button when the babys father walked in and threw a fit telling her to stop because if she didnt his insides would unravel. My mother just looked at him and then busted out laughing.

Unraveld Aunt

When one of my friends was a kid her nanna told her that if she touched her belly button then her tummy would fall out!!! She believed it until she was six.

Georgie

I used to believe that your belly button held your skin together, and that if you "undid" your belly button, all your skin would fall off. Needless to say, I never let anyone go near my stomach. To this day I hate people touching my stomach, although I don't honestly believe my skin will fall off anymore.

Amy

Someone told me that your bum falls off if you unscrew your belly button. This dosn't stop me from fiddling with it though. I often try to turn my innie into an outie. I succeed. I think I'm a freak!

freaky belly button

I used to believe that when you got sick and were to throw up, that the barf came out of your belly - button. So every time I would get sick, I would watch my belly button to see if there was anything coming of it.

Suzannah

my mum told me that my belly button was where god had poked me to see if I was done and ready to come out the oven

cags

When I was little, I once saw this girl who had a protruding belly button. I was so jealous of her as I thought it was better than having a hole and thought she was blessed.

Stupid

when i was little i used to think that a baby was made by dirt in your belly button so every day i would go outside and put dirt in my belly button

lisa

I asked my father when I was four or five what my belly button was. He told me very matter of factly that I had been shot there! And that everyone eventually gets shot in the stomach so we all have belly buttons. I went around for years so terrified that someone out there was going to shoot me again not knowing I already had a navel...When I was in my thirties I was living with my boyfriend. He had the habit of petting our cat while on his belly. Apparantly, some fur found it's way into his belly button. He came to me all worried that he was growing black straight hair out of his belly button. I tried to assure him that given that he's a blond and people don't grow hair from inside the navel that it was very likely cat fur. He said it was stuck and proved that it was growing from him. I offered to pull it out and he looked at me in horror, "You can't do that! I'll unravel." Did I mention the idiot was in his thirties?

bobbie

My mother used to scare us into believing that she could make our arms and legs fall off by unscrewing our belly buttons, my brother and I were terrified of screwdrivers for the longest time.

Tormented Girl Child

You couldn't have your belly button covered for too long or it would be harder for you to breathe.

Jess