I have always had an "outie" rather than an "innie" belly button and this used to upset me when I was young as I wanted to be like all of my friends who had innies. My mother told me that mine was magic and all I had to do was push the button and make a wish. So when people thought I was weird for having a sticky out belly button I used to tell them this story. (they probably thought I was even weirder then). I believed my mother though and waited patiently for all my wishes to come true.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann