When I was 7 or 8 I believed that when you became 13 no-one would talk to you because it was an unlucky number!

Sherry

My former brother in law (he was about 8) used to think that African-Americans were white people that had grown old. He thought that everyone turned black when they got older.

Anon

I used to believe that there was an actual point where I became a grownup.

Anon

When I was little, I thought when I grew up I would have to get eye surgery to get a new set of grown up eyes that could tell which shoe went on which foot.

Anon

When I was a kid, about 5 years old I used to believe that once upon a time I was a grown up girl becamed a little girl. I always use to say to my older sister,"When I was a big girl...".

Milela1

I was convinced that the wrinkles on an adults forehead meant intelligence. The more wrinkles the smarter the person.

James somewhere in Canada

When i was little my mom used to say to all her adult friends that when kids turn 14 that they should just lock them in their rooms until they're 21. (this statement was based on my sister who is 15 years older than i am) anyway when i was really little i was so scared to turn 14 because i was scared to be locked in my room until i was 21.

Ernesto Shredder

When i was young i thouhgt that grown~ups were always awakes

Young`~Gunna``

I used to believe that when I got to a certain age, my older brother would 'turn small' and I would be able to be the older sibling. I believed that this cycle would last forever.

Ann

I believed that people in the fifties couldn't see in color. When I was about eight years old I said to my mother, "Mom, when did you start seeing in color?" She was born in 1953.

Evie

I was the youngest of 5 children. The three oldest were 10, 11, and 12 years older than me. I believed that as I grew up, they would get smaller, so I would have a fair chance at getting them back.

Valerie

I used to belive that when you have turned 18 firworks came out of your head to show that you where an adult. Then, you would suddenly shoot up (at 50 Mph) and that was your growning spurt.

Anon

When I was 5, I was on an airplane when I heard a man ask an older man how old he was. He may have said "71" or "81" but I only heard "one". For a long time I thought that we start back at 1 once we got to 100 years old.

Bethany

when i found out "The Truth" about the easter bunny, tooth fairy etc. I lost all faith in my parents and thought my mom was probably a cat burglar by trade and everything i knew was wrong, the moon landing was a hoax, etc.

bayard

I believed that having a lot of keys was a definite sign that you were a grown-up, because both my parents had big key holders with a lot of keys, and I only had my one house key and a very big key tag.

Laura W.

I used to think that the older you got, the taller you got. My father once mentions a 100-year-old woman that he once met, and I had this mental image of woman who towered over my dad. She didn't look elderly in my mind, just really, really tall.

Rufus

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 think that if you held your breath when you were young you could save those few breaths you would have taken but didn't and then use them on your death bed and and add seconds, even days to your life. I had a plan to hold my breath every day for a few minutes so that by the time I was old I would have gained myself at least a month of extra living-time.

Anon

When I was a kid, I thought that when I became an adult I would be able to fly. I really looked forward to it and am still disappointed that it turned out to be untrue.

Jill

I believed that adults knew everything. Literally. And since I'd heard somewhere that 18 was the official age when one becomes an adult, I thought that when I turned 18 everything would just come to me and I'd be like, "whoa".

Kelsey