My parents both wear eyeglasses. None of my wee pals did. So I thought all grownups (and only grownups) wear them. This illusion must have faded well before I got glasses at age 10.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you were blind you could wear glasses and you'd be able to see again— Jane
- I used to believe that people who wear glasses did had a second brain!— Onessa
- i use to believe that all people who wear glasses were catholic....dont even ask me why???Anon
- One kid I know believed that because I wear glasses, it wouldn't hurt if he poked my eye.Anon
- When i was 4 i thought that all the grownups where robots— Nomad
- I always used to think that grownups whispered where they wanted to go and the car went by itself!— Kay