When I was in elementary my friend used to rub in the fact that she was "smarter" than me because she was 4 months older. To which I honestly replied, yes, but she was also going to die 4 months before me! I think I thought that everyone dropped dead at age 100...
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- My sister used to think that because I was 15 months older than her, I would die 15 months before her!— Nicola Braden
- I thought that Dad's were always older then Mom's, come to find out my mom is a few months older than my dad.— Nicole
- I always thought that after 1999 it would be 1990 again, but with different months and days of the week
— optional - I used to believe that everyone lived until they were 100 and you dropped dead on your 100th birthday!— Natalie
- Until about 6 months ago (I'm 21), I believed a bidet was used to wash your feet in.
Eep!— Rebekah - My sister told me that if you had sweetcorn in your poo, you had six months to live! I cried for weeks — Billy