When I was around 4 or 5, I was questioning my mother about babies. She told me that when you were pregnant, you had to watch what you ate because whatever the mother was eating, the baby inside was eating as well. Somehow I translated this to, you have to watch what you eat or else you will GET pregnant! And for what ever reason, I associated that with cheese. I thought that there was a microscopic baby lurking inside all of us, but that they liked cheese and would start to grow if you ate it. I was paranoid of eating dairy for months! My poor mother couldn't understand why every meal would start with me asking, "Is there cheese in that??!!"
A childhood belief about getting pregnant
others believed things like this
- eating cheese before bed gives you nightmaresAnon
- Women were impregnated by eating a lot of cheese— George
- A friend of mine used to think that you got pregnant from eating baby food.— Jemima
- That blue cheese was made by scraping mould off bathroom walls. My mother actually told me that.— sandee
- At the time I thought the moon was made of cheese and with oceans of cheese— 123
- I used to believe that grilled cheese was called 'girl cheese,' and only girls could eat it.— Paige