When I was walking along the neighborhood one day I came across a cat who meowed very loudly and consistently and kept rolling around on the grass. Since it was a female cat (I checked), I jumped to the conclusion of "poor cat, she's in pain because she needs to mate with a boy cat!" I actually carried her around for the rest of the day looking for a boy cat for her to mate with so she wouldn't be in not-mating-pain. But it was probably just one of those loud cats. Anyway, I felt sorry for her because she wouldn't be mating with anyone that day.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My mate used to believe that the lids of yoghurt pots were poisonous, and to this day won't ever lick one.Anon
- Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
"Oh, Harry can't mate
He knows it's too late
As he's stalking, oh my..."— Santa Puncher - When I was younger I used to believe that when I hit an object they would feel pain like they were living.— Alice
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- I used to believe the angels were in the speakers at church because of the loud female voice singing.Anon