When I was about 4 years old, my older cousin who was a boy, told me that boys were always older than girls, and I believed him until I was about seven years old.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- My oldest sister is 15 years my senior. I used to think that she was older than my mom.— Callie
- When I was a little girl, I believed that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. :)— Mary Ellen
- When I was little, I believed that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. Go figure!— Laurie W.