A much older friend of mine once told me that you can only have a baby if you're married. I was only small at the time so of course i believed her! boy was i ever surprised when i first heard of single parents.
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- When I was very small. by older brother told me that if I "Kissed my own elbow, I would turn into a boy."Anon
- when I was little I used to think you had to have a baby before you got married!— Supergirl