I was sure I'd turn into a boy when I grew up.Instead of'When I grown up I'm going to...' it was 'When I grow my tail I'm going to...'
No-one corrected me until I was about 8.
A childhood belief about rude bits

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you hit your tailbone, a tail could grow out of it.— Ida
- that as I grew up, my parents would "grown down," then I would be the Mom and Mom would be my child.Anon
- I used to believe that after I cut my barbie's hair, they will grow again. They've never grown :(— Duda
- When I was a little girl I used to believe that when I grew up I'd turn into a man.— Jessica
- I used to believe that cars grew and that our car would grow to big to go under the McDonalds drive-thru.— Mary Ellen
- i used to think that if girls were "flat" when they grew up...they would turn into a guy
— kim