I never beleived that my parents or their friends (most of whom appear cultured and sophisticated) could ever have sex. I thought it was an immoral act, and the thought of touching a woman where they pee with the part of my body where i pee repulsed me then (the thought that each other's urine could cause illness). Plus the fact that I'm an only child who looks more like a maternal uncle, augmented this misconception. Then in 1992 (I was 12, soon to learn about the birds and the bees) my parents' friends came with his three children. The second son's hairstyle was so much like the father's, and I wondered how was that possible?
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought dying your hair would give you the color AND hairstyle displayed on the box. Anon
- Ironically my parents were born on the same day; so growing up, I thought all parents had the same birthdays. Anon
- I used to believe that the Beatles were friends of my father, and I always expected to meet them.— Rafa Garnica
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike - When i was little i thought that the soul was a physical part of your body that looked like shell pastaAnon
- When I was a kid I thought rape just meant someone tearing the clothes off of a woman's body.— Matt