I used to believe that when a couple weds, they get their child as a present from the parson. I always wondered why there were married couples who had more than one child or none at all....
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- I Use to that all couples got married twice to renew the marriage
— Lucas Jr fique Marti d - As a child I always wondered why I could see everyone else's face and not mine.— Amit
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - I used to think that when a couple got married and went on their honeymoon, they took a vacation to the moon.— Jen
- I used to think Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were a married couple. — l stu electtirc boogaloo
- that the word "couple" as in "a couple of items" was synonymous with "several", rather than "just two".— Blair A. Petterson