I used to believe that credit cards were free money. If things were tight financially, the credit card company would help you out. One time when we checked out at the department store and the total seemed high, I told my mom that she should just use her credit card so she wouldn't have to pay it. I didn't understand until later why the cashier and mom found that so funny.

Lori

I used to belive that if you went up to an ATM it would just give you money out that is not your own money.

Anon

I used to think that money from ATM machines were free :p

qwerty

I used to believe that checks and credit cards allowed you to get anything you wanted with out paying for it.

Diamond

I used to believe that people could take as much money as they wanted out of atm's (automatic teller machines at banks). I thought you just say how much you want and the machine gives the money to you.

Niyaaz

I used to believe that checks could be written for any amount of money that you needed. I would watch my mother pay for things with a check always for a different amount. I was awe struck,I would day dream about the many toys I would buy if I ever got one.I remember when my mom explained the concept to me. Reality is very disappointing.

Sue

I used to think that checks were actual money, and that you could get them for free, so I used to wonder why my mom didn't just get lots of checks and pay with things that way. I never understood why she would always sigh and say "I have no cash, I'll have to write a check."

Melissa

I used to think you could write an unlimited number of checks and you wouldn't have to pay for it. I would want my mom to buy something and when she said she didn't have any money with her, I would say, "Why don't you just write a check?". I didn't understand why people even used money when they could just use checks for free.

Caroline

I use to believe that as long as my mom had checks in her check book, she had money to spend, I did not know that she also needed money to be in her account at the bank to write a check.

Shirley Ann

when i woz about 5 i thought that when adults got money from a cash machine there woz a guy bihind da wall putting money through a hole an u got da money 4 free

orlando

When i was little i thought the bank just gave u checks and that repced money. U got everything fro free, nobody would get ur money.

confuzzled

I always thought that you could take as much money as you wanted out of the ATM machienes, and when you ran out of money, you could just go and get some more. It never occured to me that that money was ours.

Anon

When I was little I used to believe that my mom could buy whatever she wanted just as long as she had checks...checks were just as good as money and you didnt need the actual money, just checks. It is still a common joke in my family to this day!

Anon

i use to think that when people put thier atm card in the machine that it gave out free money

Anon

I used to believe that as long as my parents had a checkbook and/or credit card they had money. What's funny is now my kids believe that also.

Anon

i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!

Armani

I thought that if you couldn't afford something, you could write a cheque. I confidently told my dad that when I grew up I would save all my money and just write cheques for eveything. He explained bank accounts and ruined everything.

Anon

I used to think that if you paid by cheque you did not have to pay from your savings to buy something. When my mother said she could not afford something I told her to pay by cheque.

David, London

I used to believe that as long as there were checks in the checkbook, there was money in the bank.

Michelle