I cheerfully told the kid down the street "Good Riddance," when they moved away,thinking in all honesty that it was something people said to each other in a good bye. My other friends mother was furious at me and would not allow me to spend time with him anymore. She didn't explain why to me eiether. I was fearful to ever say it to anyone for many years.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- My Mother used to tell me only the good die young and I would live to be 100+ years old because I was bad.— William
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I'm deaf in one ear. Until I was 7 I believed that if I didn't sleep on my good ear, dinosaurs would eat me.Anon
- I thought when someone was described as being "mild-mannered" it meant they didn't have very good manners— Samilton Duerheiser
- When I was little I used to believe everything the government does is right and for the good of everyone.— Rob
- I used to think that my cat was an alien that had come to teach me how to be good!— laz