My younger sister got so upset at always being younger than I. So, one time when I threw in her face "I am older than you, that's why" she answered "Wait until I get older than you!" I tried to correct her, telling her it would never happen. She stated, matter-of-factly, "After you turn 24, you start counting backwards! I will be older than you then!"
Now that we are both past that age, I remind her often that i am actually younger than she is... and will be until we start counting forward again! My poor sis, she just can't win!
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- My 6 years younger sister used to tell me that I was younger than her. She was just growing backwards.— Taryn
- I used to believe that one day, my younger brother would be older than me and then he'd pick on me!— Andrew
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- I thought that Dad's were always older then Mom's, come to find out my mom is a few months older than my dad.— Nicole