when i was 2, i beleived that my belly button was a kind of organic fax machine for turning my inner-guts into cotton fluff which fed small animals that lived inside my anus. it was only when i got a girlfriend at 26 that i found this to be slightly inaccurate.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to believe that belly button lint came from the *inside*. Why else would it always be the same color?Anon
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- i used to believe cotton candy was real cotton after going to chuckie cheese and my brother told me— jennifer
- I used to think that cotton candy was made from actual cotton so I never wanted to try itAnon