I used to believe that if you left the table while you are eating than the table monster would eat all your food.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that there were red and black spiders underneath the table in the toilet.— Phil
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- i used to believe that a ghost lived under my bed and that a giant lived under our dining room table.— nameless
- I was told when I was little that eating too much salt on your food would "dry up your blood".Anon
- I'm autistic, and I used to believe taking some of my sister's food while she was eating it was sharing.Anon
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon