My birthday is on March 31st. When I told my best friend, she immediatly said, "There is no March 31st. March only goes up to 30." I spent a long time wondering if either my mother lied to me or if someone made me up.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys
- I spent ages wondering what a bart ender was as a child without realising that it was actually bar tender.— Heather
- My friend thought it was SO WIERD that he was born on his birthday when I told him he was.Anon
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!