when i was 2 or 3 there was this helper at my daycare. she was my favorite helper so i believed everything she said. well i used to suck my thumb and she said one of her sister's friends sucked their thumb and their thumb turned hot pink and their teeth stuck out like a walrus. well, being a little girl, i didn't care about the hot pink thumb part. (it was my favorite color back then!) i didn't know what a walrus was so i asked her. she showed me a picture and i thought that was what i would turn into! i was afraid that i would become all gray and wrinkly and get walrus teeth and walrus whiskers. i never sucked my thumb again!
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
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- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- My mom used to tell me that if I sucked my thumb, my teeth would get so bent up, they would all fall out— I dont suck my thumb anymore
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- Someone I know IRL used to believe that Goofy (Mickey Mouse's friend) was a walrusAnon