I believed that if/when a married person removed their wedding band it meant that they were then divorced. I shed so many tears when my mom took off her band to do the dishes one day! It took awhile for her to get to the bottom of the tears, but we sorted it out. Whew!
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- I used to believe that having children could only happen after a wedding with the person you are married to.Anon
- When i was little i believed that clouds were cotton candy that angels lived in and rain was angel tears— Missy
- I used to believe rain were God's tears— Joy
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I cried too much, I would run out of tears.— Peter
- I used to believe that if you used the kids' shampoos that said 'no tears' it would make you happy.— Emmy