When I was about 4, I knew that people changed as they got older, so I believed I was going to grow up to be a boy with red hair and freckles.. even though at the time I was (and still am) a mostly freckle-free female brunette.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I believed that if you ate a piece of your own hair, a new strand of hair would grow on your head.— Ryo
- When I was little, I couldn't wait to grow up so I could grow a mustache. I am female.— Laura
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- That people older than me knew what they were talking about.— Mark
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW