In elementary school, we were told that one of our classmates had a new last name because he had been adopted. I always felt sorry for him that he had not had a family until then. I just found out (I'm 36) that his mom had remarried and his stepfather adopted him and gave him the new last name!
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- My brothers to piss me off sometimes told me I was adopted, and that I was the housekeeper's kid.— ricolarno
- My mum told me and my brother that we were adopted and that our real mothers were witches. Thanks mum.Anon
- When I was younger, my cousin used to try to convince me that I was adopted and I sometimes believed it."Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell