As a child my parents told me that if I kissed the boys my teeth would all fall out. Needless to say, I used to kiss my little boyfriende anyway, and I thought I was getting away with it, too, until my teeth started dropping out!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to belive kissing boys made your teeth fall out.Anon
- Until I was around 8 or 9 years old, I thought dentists took your teeth out and replaced them with new teeth.— Verapamilo
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon