I used to think I loved the smell of make up, because when mum went out for the night wearing lip stick and foundation, she always smelled so nice! It wasn't till I was 13, and sniffing lipsticks in a pharmacy, that I realised this wasn't the case. That same day I discovered perfume.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i wasn't nice to my toys, they would fight back.
Anon - I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- Every old person I met smelled bad, and I thought old people smelled bad because they were slowly rotting.— Jasmine
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim
- When i was really little, i thought that pharmacy was a shop where you could buy animals, like pigs and cows.Anon
- I used to believe that wearing a bra that was too small would make my boobs get smaller.— Aretia