I used to believe that if I set up a bank account and paid in money, they would keep the money in a sort of locker and give it me back on request, not realising the money you pay in basically turns into a number on a piece of paper.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a bank was a place where they give out money to peopleAnon
- When I was a little kid I used to believe that tissue paper was money and that you could have a box of money.Anon
- I used to belive that if you went up to an ATM it would just give you money out that is not your own money.Anon
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- i used to believe that if you were broke that you could go to the bank and get money for free!— Karianne
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M