I used to believe that all grown-ups had an alcoholic drink when they got home from work. My parents used to watch Dallas and Dynasty and the first thing that people did when they got home was fix themselves drinks from their bar

CK Bradsher

I was born in 1955. I remember as a kid calculating that if I could stay alive until at least the age of 45 I would live to see the 21st century. I thought I might just squeak by and make it but it was by no means certain because 45 was very old. 

Rocketeer 

impatient at my growth rate,i used to belief that by stepping into my mum's footprints when i was 8 or 9 will actually make me grow older until she caught me one day,after telling her my reason,she explained it doesnt make one grow faster.

tomilola

I used to think that every year you grew taller and taller. I was afraid that my mom and dad, because they were so much older than me, would turn into giants and accidently step on me!

Kelcey M.

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

I used to believe that one day I would just wake up a teenager. I would have physically grown up and matured over night. The thing that worried me the most was, what would I wear when this happened until I could go shopping for bigger clothes?

Shirin

I used to think that growing up happened overnight. That I would one night go to bed and wake up and grown woman. I would pray when I went to bed that the next day I could be a grown-up and start my grown-up life!

Lil Nicki

When I was about eight years old my mom asked me one day, what do I want to become when I grow up? I told my mom that I want to become a boy or a man, because i thought that we change gender in a certain stage of growing up.

Riz

When I was about 9, my Grandma was living with us. She had dentures, but I had no idea. One night I was getting ready for bed and found teeth in a glass in my bathroom. I ran frantic into my mom's room telling her that someone's teeth were in my bathroom. She told me they were Grandma's, but I didn't believe her. When we went to say goodnight to her, I kept trying to get her to talk so I could look in her mouth. I was completely amazed when she did open her mouth, there were no teeth in there. I was scared.

Megan

i thought as a kid that grown-ups never were children. i was about three then. a few mishaps later, my relatives found it necessary to explain to me that they were once kids. i tried to visualize them as toddlers. i only got sick.

mean

You know how many old ladies like to perm or curl their hair by some other way? I somewhy figured out that while woman's hair turns gray, it also becomes curly at the same. I never thought about why old men's hair doesn't curl the same way.

I realized, that the hair doesn't curl by itself just few days ago, and I'm 14.. I feel sort of stupid now.

Jaakko

When I was about 5 I thought my mom and dad came into being the same time I did! For some reason they didn't exist before me, and neither did anyone else. Some people just came into existence older than others and then everyone got to grow up. I was shocked to see our photo's of my siblings when they were younger.

Anon

not understanding age just yet, i asked my dad why his hair was grey and mine was blonde - i was about 4 years old.

jaime w.

Until I was about 10, I was certain I was going to catch up on my big brother and be the same age and size as him one day... because I wanted to duff him up.

Liam

I remember when I was little and thought that people grew like trees and when you were really old you could touch the clouds.

Lara Roy

When I was younger, I beleived that you carried on growing forever, until you died. I drew (and probably still have) pictures where I am old and a tall as buildings.

Stig

I knew that my mother and father were little once, but I believed that grew to the age of adults in a couple of days. I reasoned that grandparents grew even faster.

jack diddly squat

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

Jorge

when i was really really small , i used to belive that you got up untill you were eleven , then turned into a baby again. when mum said she was thirty nine , i thought you had to pay God a million pounds so you wouldn't be a baby again. I thought this because i was a baby at the time andcould only cound to eleven.

Coleen

I distinctly remember as a very young child (2ish) having a very bizarre concept of life. It was a concept that death wasn't involved with: I beleived once you got old, you started getting younger again. I actually beleived that a time would come when my parents were children and I'd be an adult charged with being responsible for them. I have no clue where I got this concept and my parents did nothing to discourage it for quite some time.

Matt