i used to believe - the childhood beliefs site

I used to believe that you could stretch a rat's body to be super long.

Anon (from animals : general)

I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray.

Anon (from food : drinks)

I used to believe that if I farted in bed, a monster would pop out through the covers and tickle me.

Anon (from at home : under my bed)

i used to believe the white part in fish meat is because of the fish's milk

Kim (from food : milk)

I used to think that when you cut a wedding cake, you would get a whole great slice from the top to the bottom. Yum yum

Anon (from food : general)

I used to think Cancer Research was just people learning about the disease and didn't realise that it was an actual charity!

Anon (from body functions : being ill)

I thought that "Oh, the humanity!" was an exclamation meant for pointing out that something was very humanlike.

Anon (from language : speaking)

I used to believe that the ABBA song Waterloo was about the train line in London, before realising, due to the lyrics, that I was actually about the historical battle!

Natasha (from music : misheard lyrics)

I thought that a "sugar daddy" was a father who let his kids eat all the sugar they wanted.

Anon (from food : sweeties)

I used to believe that Ireland was called that because it really is an island!

Anon (from the world : places)

I used to think Russians had surnames ending with ski because of the skiing they do in Siberia.

Anon (from language : foreign languages)

I used to think Yiddish was pronounced to rhyme with Swedish.

Anon (from language : speaking)

I thought the term maiden name actually applied to women who were maidens.

Natasha (from grown-ups : marriage)

I believed that the word optimistic was something to do with opticians and being happy with your eyesight.

Anon (from language : speaking)

I used to think that horseback riding was something belonging to fables and fairy tales, so when I discovered it was real and feasible my dream came literally true.

Greta (from animals : general)

I had two beliefs about rain when I was a child:

1) That when it was raining, God was crying.

2) I thought it rained everywhere in the world.

Anon (from nature : weather)

In recent years, I thought closed groups on Facebook were ones that you couldn't join anymore because they had closed down. Hahahaha.

Anon (from media : websites)

I used to believe that people only grew upto age 10 as I hadn't been taught how to count beyond 10 at that age.

Rutendo (from grown-ups : getting older)

I used to believe that when television channels when they would sign off at night play the American anthem and say please stand by , I would get up and stand by the television .

Danielle Hagen (from media : tv)

As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you.

AdryLiz (from animals : cats and dogs)