Growing up my younger sister sucked her thumb until she was almost 12 (I kid you not) I used to think that if she kept sucking it, it would be sucked away into nothingness, like a lolipop.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- 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 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
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon