i used to think that when i turned 5 i would become a boy because 5 sounded like a boy age.

Anon

Until I was about 7 or 8, I used to believe that when you got to be 40, you suddenly changed into an old person who had lots of wrinkles, loose skin, flabby arms and legs and grey hair (for women) or was bald (for men), and needed false teeth, glasses, lots of medications, and adult diapers. I also believed that when a guy turned 21, he would suddenly grow a mustash and that it would completely grow back overnight if it was shaved off.

F.B.

Growing up a picky eater, my mother told me if I didn't eat more vegetables and things like that I would be a midget when I "grew-up", as she pointed a little person to me in a supermarket. Needless to say, it freaked me out, but I'm still a picky eater and fully grown.

:P

ok so when i was a young girl i always believed that when my shoes outgrew me, i would always think that my shoes were shrinking instesd of me growing! how stupid!

Anon

I used to believe that you would grow a little each year at your birthday, and when you turned 15 you grew a lot

perry

I used to think that people keep growing taller till they die. I assumed that my grandparents were the size of a toothpaste tube when they were born!!

Nandy

Adults lived in continuous perfect harmony with each other.

Wangchuk

From ages approximately ages 10 to 14, I had HUGE growth spurts (at one point, growing 6 inches in 3 months). The "growing pains" in my arms and legs were sometimes extremely painful. I was convinced that the pain was because I was dying from some horrible disease. I never told my mom about them because I knew how upset she would be at her youngest child dying, or at very least, it would bankrupt her from the medical expenses. There was nothing ever wrong with me. :)

Knox

i use to believe that the teenage years started at eleven, as in eleventeen. but then twelveteen just didn't sound right.

Pak

I thought that after my sister graduated from high school, she was going to have to move to Europe to continue her studies (like the girl in a story I once read) and I'd never see her again. I cried throughout her entire graduation ceremony. After the ceremony, I summoned up the courage to ask my sister what she was going to do after school was finished and she shrugged her shoulders and said, "I guess I'll work at the ice cream shop." I was stunned and relieved. (though 6 yrs later she moved to Africa to teach)

ano

My friend's five year old son can not understand the concept that his mother and I were friends before he was born. Whenever I kept him he thought I was a teenager like his other babysitters. One day he was being particulary rude and I explained to him that I was an adult just like his mother, and in fact am older than she is. He thought about this for a minute and replied, "Yeh but my mom is taller than you."

ik

I used to think that only grown ups were "people".Children to me were no people ,they were just children.

Minny

I used to belive that the older you got the taller you got. And you never stoped growing, and I belived you never died. So I thought 80 year old people was like 20 inches or something. Until the day I went to see my grandparents....

Christine Getz

A girl who lived near to me and my older brother was only 3 or 4 months younger than my brother was. It was her 7th birthday this particular day and I remember remarking to my brother that he had better hurry up and get older because Linda was catching up with him.

Steph

When I was about four I belived that as I grew older my parents would grow younger. I could not wait until they woudl be children and I would be the parent so that I could punish them for mistreating me. It was not mistreatment but rather punishment.

Anon

Okay, I have to admit that I really don't have any clue where this belief came from, but when I was much younger I thought that I would eventually not only grow bigger than my older sister, but that I could/would grow older than her too.

FireflyII

When I was little I thought sometimes you grew faster than other times, and so someone who was, say, eight could one day be older than a person who was 16.

Meghan

i used to think that adults did not have dreams!

Anon

I used to think that when you grow up, there'll be one day where you turn in to a kid again. I used to give my dad my own toys ("Presents") and say, "Daddy, this is for the day when you turn back in to a little boy again.

Kyle

Til the age of around 9, I believed that everyone never got any older, getting old was their punishment from God. I thought old people were born old, and so on.

I also thought the whole world was my state till the age of 8 when I was sadly proved wrong when my family took a flight to the eastern coast to visit relatives.

Chelsea in California