I used to think that when people died they didn't really die they just left home and travelled around the world until they found another family they liked and settled down with them. I was quite insulted that no dead people decided to live with us!
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my immediate family were the only people in the world that farted— Rainbow
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to think dead people are dangerous. — J.G.
- I used to believe that when people were knocked out, they were dead.Anon
- I used to believe that the sky was full of dead people and I would see them if I went high enough— Maria