When I was a kid, my mom announced one day that my grandfather had retired that day, and we were going to have a party. I got really upset that we were going to have a party, I thought it was cruel. I couldn't figure out why everyone was being so mean, in that they were all so happy about the retirement. When it neared time for grand dad to arrive, I was terrified - I didn't know how I would treat him. You see... I thought that "retired" was the same as "retarded", and that grampa had somehow spontaineously become mentally retarded!
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to think that retarded was the same word as retired.Anon
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- I thought being mentally challenged meant you couldn't do any challenges with peopleAnon
- I used to believe "Pedestrians" was a political party like Democrats or Republicans.— August
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen
- I used to believe my dolls would come to life at night and have a party while i was sleeping. — phil(: