i used to believe that when kids weren't adopted within a couple weeks, they were put to sleep, just like at the pound! i BEGGED my parents to adopt me some siblings.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I used to think the word "european" had something to do with pee, and that kids weren't supposed to say it.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- I used to believe thato to adopt a child you had to collect points from supermarket products...— Linda
- that the word "couple" as in "a couple of items" was synonymous with "several", rather than "just two".— Blair A. Petterson
- My brothers to piss me off sometimes told me I was adopted, and that I was the housekeeper's kid.— ricolarno