im grade 2, my teacher said that she was 2000 years old and i belived her

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When I used to watch my grandmother read, she looked down at the book so that it looked like her eyes were closed. After seeing my mother do this too, I figured that when you got older, you were able to read books with your eyes closed!

Raven

I used to beleive that when you grew up to be an adult, you would be able to see your own eyeballs without the use of a mirror

Leann Hayley

I used tot hink that working at McDonald's was a really big honor.

Well, one day when my mom and I went to a pool and a friend of her's asked me what I wanted to do when I got older, I proudly announced that 'I don't want to go to college, I wanna be a McDonald's worker!' Yeah...my mom got embarrassed.

Maddy

I used to believe that your social security number was for a special account the government started for you when you went to work, and they kept money you saved up for when you were old.

Silly Nerd

I used to believe that I would never grow up, because I "wanted" to remain a child. Ha. That one fell through

Anon

I used to think that adults right and left were different than kids right and left because teachers would always say, "My right your left."

Allie.Roo

When I was a kid, I was convinced that everyone in the world lived to be 100 years old. I even rationalized that when people were angry with me, it was "because they were upset that they only had 64 years left to live, and they were jealous that I had 95." Hmmm, must have been a parent? :)

Paul

i used to believe that when you grew up you changed your name to something else. i thought i would change mine to george.

alan

I used to believe that when people go older, their hair would turn white (of course), but also that their eyes would turn light blue. I only had my elderly relatives on my mother's side, who all had white hair when they were still fairly young, and beautiful blue eyes.

valerie

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 young, I thought that some people were just created as adults and some people were destined to be children their whole lives. I figured that I was going to be stuck being a child forever, and that one day--the day I had been supposed to become an adult--some grown-up or another perma-child would break the truth to me, saying, "Ha ha, we fooled you--you're still a kid and you always will be." I always pictured this person gripping his or her belly while laughing heartily at my gullibility.

Heather A.

My grandfather had a very strange sense of humor. When I was little, probably between 5-7, he would tell me stories about when he was a little girl just to tease me. He told me he liked to wear pink dresses with ribbons and bows, and then he grew up to be a big strong man. I thought for quite a while that I too that since I was a female, I was going to grow up to be a man, despite my parents trying to disabuse me of this idea. Happily, I'm all grown up and a woman.

Kristi

When i was in about 2nd or third grade, my Mom would always tell me that when you turned 7, every parent cooks their child and eats them (wierd, i know)... so i remember sitting on the play ground at school, and looking at all the older kids (older than seven) and assuming they all ran away from home since their parents never cooked them... i started making my own escape plan, and really freaking out for when my birthday would come. then i turned seven, didnt get cooked, and im TOTALLY going to say that to my kids when im older.

Brandi

a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!

Anon

I used to believe, and so did many of my friends, that by being older you were automatically stronger and could drive a car faster. My dad being the eldest Dad of my mates, gave me quite a bit of kudos

James

Since I had an older brother growing up (and still do), I believed that all younger brothers eventually grew up to be older brothers. I believed that I would have a younger brother to pick on and torment the way my older brother did to me. Unfortunately, my parents didn't have any more children.

Cyle

When I was younger I thought that all the adults where wearing masks and only when I'm not there they would take off their masks and show their horrible monster faces.

Kitty

Since my aunt was in the army and my dad tried to be in the army (they refused to let him since he didn't have good use of his legs), and since my grandpa was in the army, I thought that when you turned 18, someone made you join the army. I was terrified of the army, and I never wanted to grow up.

Anon

When I was a little girl, growing up with fourteen brothers and sisters, our dad would tell stories at the Sunday dinner table. He opened each story by saying, "When I was a little girl . . ." For many years, I worried that that meant that I would grow up to be a man. This was complicated by his constant exhortations to eat our vegetables, "It'll grow hair on your chest!"

Patricia