grown-ups : getting older - I Used To Believe

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When I was about four, I saw a very old hunched-over man with a cane walking down the sidewalk. I pondered this sight for awhile, and then realized" that he was so old, that his wrinkling and stooped posture were just the beginning of a process whereby he was slowly becoming a little baby once again. This made sense to me: little babies grew up, grew old, and in growing very old they became infants once again, and the cycle would continue. "Ahh," I thought, "I must have been an old man before."

Scott Moore

When my son was about six or seven, he asked my Dad who was in his sixties then, if he was the first man ever.

Lisa

Since I had no sense of saving money or going to get a job before getting married so that you could afford to rent or buy a house to live in, I used to think that the moment you became an adult (spontaneously I guess) your mom would hand you a big stack of money and you would have to live off of that for the rest of your life. Yeah like that would happen!!

Ericka

My dad had a scar in his back; it was like a gun shot-wound. for years I thought that he'd got it saving the prime-minister from an assassin. Then a few years back my mum told me it was really from where he'd fallen back on a pair of scissors as a kid.

Genni

Growing up it seemed like my feet grew one size a year. I was convinced that my feet were going to keep growing until they were too big to fit into shoes.

BigFoot

I used to believe that life would be like "Happy Days" when I would be a teenager.

Anon

When I was about 10 my neighbours voice broke and he went through all that dreadful squeakiness! I was really worried, believing that I would have to go through it too. I confided in my best friend who told me not to be so stupid - girls voices don't break!

Julia

I used to believe that one day, my younger brother would be older than me and then he'd pick on me!

Andrew

My nephew used to think that when people got old, they developed a foreign accent. This is because both sets of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, and they (and the rest of the family of their generation) all had accents. So he thought it was part of getting old. This was revealed to the family when he was about 4, and one of his mother's friends brought her Dutch boyfriend to the house for dinner. My nephew said in amazement, "He's young, and he has an accent already!"

Ronne

There is 18 months between my sister and I. I am the youngest. I used to believe that I would catch her up in age, as I was 4 she was 6, then I would turn 5 in the middle of the year, and think I was getting older than her.

Kelly

Migets were people who were bad when they were kids and there parents didn't let them grow up.

Teresa

When I was about 6, my mother told me I could be anything when I got older. I told her I wanted to be a dinosaur or the color orange. I am 21 now with a math degree and I still destine to be "orange!"

The Dirtie D

When I was a little kid, I was thoroughly convinced that grown-ups had to face an obligatory odeal. Adult men had to join compulsory military service, and adult women had to give birth.

Stig, Norway

I used to believe that when you were 12, you automatically changed sex

Karen

I used to believe that when you grow up, you lose your given name and become just Mr., Miss, or Mrs. Whoever.

Andrew Buc

as a little girl of about 6 years old, i used to think that when i grew up i would change into a boy. the turn around age was about 18--i figured that god would want us to have a taste of both sides of the coin. the change hasn't happened yet (i am 25)--maybe i'm just a slow developer?

janita

I believed it when my parents said I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be either a bird or a fairy and was devastated when I was eventually informed that they weren't within the realm of possibilities.

Sandi

When I was very small, I thought that when you were born you were always a little girl, then you turned into a little boy, then a female, and then a male.

TopTopper

when i wuz a lil gurl my mom told me if i worked hard i could b anything i wanted to b
so i thought ide become a fish !!!!i neverknew how ide achieve that but i really fantasized bout it!!!!!

lilangel

When I was a kid I was told so much crap by adults around me that I thought all adults must be crazy. The stories sounded just crazy to me and I thought that as I got older I'd get just like them. Every time I'd do or say something wrong my sisters would call me crazy and I though it was a sign that I was growing up and becoming an adult because the word adult sounds so much like "A DOLT"

Franklin

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