When I was about 4 I decided that if you were born in a bigger year, that meant you were older. So if I was born in 1965, that meant I was older than someone born in 1964. Because 65 is bigger than 64. Just like being 4 years old was bigger than being 3 years old.
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I was older than my brother because I was born in June and he was born in OctoberAnon
- i believe that if im born in december im older then people born in may— runawayfox16
- I used to believe that everybody who was bigger or taller than I was always older than me.— Stano Finji
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 yearsAnon
- iwas told that if u cry on your birthday you would not get any bigger 4 a whole year— steve