At the age of three my cousin and I believed that people automatically died when they reached the age of 20. I have a clear memory of panicking when he told me my Dad was at least 19.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I usd to believe that, all Americans were left handed and we all died when we reached our 100th birthday!— Greg Baron
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I used to say " The ghost is clear!" Instead of "The coast is clear"— Jake
- I used to believe that when you had a cousin twice-removed, they had died and came back to life twice.— Amanda
- When I was young, I honestly believed that I would die before I reached high school. Anon