when i was about 4 years old... i wanted to be an explorer, so i can sail the seas and reach the edge of the world and stick my head out to see space!

:)

I always used to hope that when I turned 21 I'd get the chance to choose whether I was a man or a woman.

Imagine my disappointment when I found out I couldn't switch.

Anon

Having an older sister when I was four lead me to believe that if things progressed logically I would first be a boy, then a girl then a man, then a woman because, well, it just followed a pattern didn't it.

I thought I had it all figured out, I argued my point, my sister said I was wrong, she said, "go ask mom" ... my argument deflated.

Erik

When I was 4 or 5 i used to think that girls started out as boys and boys started out as girls.

Rune

I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.

Still A Kid

when i was little i thought that u were an adult first then u became a baby

allison

when i was little, i used to think EVERYONE older than me was 22. i dont know why it was 22, but i just knew that it was. boy, times sure have changed..

kerry

I used to think that people never stopped growing. When my mom talked about clothes she'd owned for years, I couldn't understand why she hadn't grown out of them.

sm

When I was little I didn't comprehend growing old. I thought that when kids grew up they moved out of the family home and never saw their parents again. The parents would then have more children to replace them and so on.
With this in mind I casually asked my mum whether she had had any children before me that I didn't know about!
She was somewhat shocked at my question!

Holly

When I was little I thought that all adults were born adults and my generation was lucky and they were born kids, I also thought that teachers lived at school and doctors lived at the clinic...ect. and only parents got to live in a house...lol

Georgina Tough

I used to believe when adults grew up only 4' 9" or lower are still classified as kids.

Jorge

My brother was born the day before me, only 11 years later.

For a while I think I had him convinced that he was a day older than me, but was a midget, (and that is why he was shorter...) AND therefore,he wouldn't ever get any bigger than he was.

It got him good, but only for a little while.

Craigdude

I thought that adult hood started at age 21. I found out it started at 18. I thought it was weird that you reach adult hood before you finish being a teenager!

Anon

I use to think that teenagers were adults and already had adult lives.

emily

One time, when I was a little girl (about four), my older sister asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I firmly answered, "A man."

She became very upset and argued with me about it, but I was immovably determined. She even ran and told our mother about it. Mom wasn't too concerned. (I am still female, so it appears that mom was right.)

Erin