There is 18 months between my sister and I. I am the youngest. I used to believe that I would catch her up in age, as I was 4 she was 6, then I would turn 5 in the middle of the year, and think I was getting older than her.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- My sister used to think that because I was 15 months older than her, I would die 15 months before her!— Nicola Braden
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q
- I thought that Dad's were always older then Mom's, come to find out my mom is a few months older than my dad.— Nicole
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- My sister told me that if you had sweetcorn in your poo, you had six months to live! I cried for weeks — Billy
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela