belly buttons

I used to think that if I ate too much, my belly button would pop into an outie! I do eat much sometimes, but I only got a stuffed belly.

Anon

I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views

anne

When I was three, my older sister told me that my belly button is what held my skin on. Then she frequently tried to "unbutton" me.

Karen

My mother had 5 children, including me. Since I knew that the belly button had something to do with birth, until I was, say, about 10 ys old I believed my mom had 5 belly buttons, one for each of her children. And it was not easy to see your mom naked in those times, so I kept believing it for a good while.

Nelson

When my niece was little, about 8 years old, I had her convinced that twins (I have an identical twin sister) did not have belly buttons. It took her about 5 years to learn the difference. I am a little bit over weight, and I had pulled the front of my pants down just far enough to where you would think a belly button should be.

buttonless

When I was little, I read part of a story in a book that led me to believe that at certain times, if you poked your bellybutton, you'd become invisible until you poked it again

Olly

when i was a kid my mom used to tell me that if we untied my belly button i would deflate like a balloon.

melly

I used to believe that men had sex through a woman’s belly button and somehow that’s how she got pregnant. As such I believed that it was part of a female’s private parts.

anon

I had an uncle that told me that we had belly buttons for putting salt in while we ate celery in bed.

ainmama2001

I used to believe that if you pierced your belly button it would fall off and the piercers would glue a fake one on. (Thats how you got an outie). When I got mine pierced I asked if they could somehow keep mine as an innie and they laughed at me. I was soooo embarassed as my friend who has an outie had hers pierced and I thought that was how it happened!

Jess

My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"

Anon

***I used to believe that if you dug deep enough into your belly button that there would be a secret compartment that had treasures in it.

C H R I S T E N

When I was 3, I asked my mom what "the hole in my tummy" came from. She said my belly button was a special hole I got when I was a baby, and it played a big role when you got older. According to her, "if dirt gets in it, and you leave it there, a big dirt monster will form inside your belly button."
So one day, I went to the beach. I wanted to get rid of the "dirt monster" in there, but my bathing suit was a 1 piece so I pulled it down and my mom got really embarrassed, because she didn't want people to see my chest. She said, "Honey, I don't want your privates showing." I replied, "Mommy, the sun will destroy the dirt monster!"

Somebody

My little sister who is now in her mid-twenties is not the brightest star in the sky. When we were in our early twenties I saw that she had some dirtyness in her belly button and asked her what it was and why it was so dirty. She said, " Oh that's just my umbilical cord." Apparently, she never washed out her belly button thinking that the nastiness was her umbilical cord. How gross is that?!

CMG

I came to believe after a few trips to the beach when I was little, that only little kids had outie belly buttons, and when you grew up, it would go in. I really freaked out when mine didn't go in after a few years, and my friends all had innie belly buttons!

Teresa

I used to think if we put our finger in our belly button we would explode... I was 13 when I found out it didn't really happen XD

RNK

My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!

little2ft

I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever.

Anon

When I was little I loved to poke in my belly button until oneday my granny told me that if I keep playing around with it, it would come undone and I would fly around the room like a balloon that wasnt tied right. I still have a thing about people touching my button and when I think about someone touching it I get all squirmy.Thanks granny love you !

sue

When my sister and I were younger, I told her that if you are in water, and someone else put their finger in her belly button, she would blow up! She would scream and scream everytime we were at the pool and I would come at her with my finger pointed and ready to go.

Anon