when I was little I looked at my sister who was a few years older than me and thought: one day I will be older than you!

I explained this by the fact that on the roads, the small cars go faster than the big ones. I told everybody about this.

Calin

When I was 4 or 5 I used to believe that our clothes were getting smaller and not that we were getting older & bigger :-) !!

Namaa

my olds always told me i could be whatever the heck i wanted. i wanted to be a guy.

Ellie*****

My parents grew up in the Third World nation and my mother and my father's height was only 5' 2". I used to think that if my parents would apply for a job, watch R movies, purchase alcohol, drive, or anything that is for grown-ups, people would might say that they're still a child or they're not adults yet. Because most of the people that I see in America were at an average stature from 5'7 to 5'11. In my view, my parents were like teenagers because of their height.

Anon

i used to think when you were 1 you were in 1st grade, 2 2nd grade etc. i also thought that when u were 1 you were 1 foot tall and so one and i wondered why i never saw any 40 foot people

Rachel Age 12

When I was little I saw my nanny take out her dentures. I asked her how do you do that? And she grinned and told me, u'll be able to when u get older honey. then my twin sister came in the bathroom and looked at our nanny. Then we both started to try and take out our teeth!

Ex Xenian

When I was around 3 or 4, In Day Care, there was a boy who was the same as me who I had a 'crush' on. I really liked him and missed him when I stopped going to that Day Care. Then a few years later, I told my mom that I missed him and that he was probably a grown-up now

Amanda

When I was in my late teens, there was a magazine called 'Over 21' and I honestly thought that the newsagent would not sell it to me, bearing in mind this was in the 70s and the age of majority was 21. I bought the mag a couple of days after my 21st birthday and felt very grown up.

Yeah right, an age of innocence, but I still feel stupid about it and have never told anyone before!

Jak of an age gone by

Since "storks bring babies" and since babies are human and storks need to get them from somewhere, so I thought that humans grow into storks

Anon

I thought you were put on earth as a either a kid or grown-up.

megan

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

Karen

I couldn't count any higher than 10 when I was about 5 years old or so. I used to think that people would grow up and age one by one but once they got to 10 they would start going back down. For example, you turn 9 then 10 then back to 9 and then 8 and so on, just go up and down between 1 and 10 until you die.

I'm an idiot!

Annabelle

When i was little i used to think that Adults just kept on growing and thats how giants were made. I always wondered Where the lived and if the ever grew their heads right through there house roof. Then i cam up that they lived in mansions. I believed till i was about 10 when my mom told me she had stopped growing.

Christine Valente

I used to believe that first you grew up as a baby, kid, adult, then teenager. How wierd.

bd

when i was little, i believed that big people...ie moms and dads, never got threw up and never got zits....lol....lol...wish i had been right!

silly little girl

I would see "Senior Discount" signs at places like movie theaters and restaurants, and until I was about thirteen, I couldn't wait until I was a senior in high school so that I could get special discounts.

Katie

I used to think that height was how you could tell how old grownups were, the taller ones were older. Using this logic the sweet short old lady next door was was younger that my friends tall mom.

Kim

My grandson thought all clothes were sized by age. When I was looking for a blouse, he picked out one for me , but I said it was too small, to which he replied, "How old are you then Nana". I was delighted to answer 18!

Anon

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 think that all teenagers were naturally cool. So I used to belive that when you turn into a teenager you would naturally turn cool and wear the coolest clothes and skate around.ect.
BOY I WAS PIG IGNORANT!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrew