One time my mom told me (it was late at night and i was like 4) that if i ate the candy she was eationg i would get diahhreah. I asked why she was eating it and she said it couldn't happen to adults. I huess she just wanted her candy.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- I used to think that cotton candy was made from actual cotton so I never wanted to try itAnon
- When I Was Little,I Used To Believe Clouds Were Candy FlossAnon
- i used to believe cotton candy was real cotton after going to chuckie cheese and my brother told me— jennifer