My grandmother had alzheimers, and when I was little and heard the grown-ups talking about it, I always thought they were saying "old-timers".
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Alzheimers disease was called Old Timers Disease.— Justin
- I used to believe that all old people got the disease "OLD TIMERS DISEASE" Instead of alzheimers disease :D— MollyJohnson
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born grown up.— Juleen
- I heard my mum talking about foreign people, and I later asked, "have you ever been to Foreign?"— Kia