When I was little and did something bad, my parents would always tell me about my perfect brother pete, and how they lost him and ended up with me. I really believed I had a brother Pete, and was always trying to be better than him!
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- First I believed that my parents were brother and sister. Then I thought that my dad was also my mums dad. — Rainbow
- I used to believe my parents were brother and sister, and that everybody's parents were brother and sister.— Rachael
- I always believed that my dad went to school with Billy Bunter. I think my brother believed it too!— Karen
- When my brother was little, he believed that girls peed out of their boobs.— Emily
- My brother believed that bacon(his favorite food) was from horses. — Jenn
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem