When I was five I asked my mom if I would ever be as old as my older brother. She replied, "Yes, of course." This made me happy. I reasoned: If I would some day be his age, then some day later I might be older than him and I might be able to beat him up then.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- I thought my grandad would get older, so I asked him 'What do you want to be when you're older?'.— Afterlife Dreamin'
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela