when i was little (ok, i take that back-until about 5th grade) i used to think that pimps were people who had a lot of pimples. i would hear people on TV say, "hey that's pimpin'!" and i thought they were insulting them and saying they had a lot of pimples.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I once was told that ONLY virgins get acne. After sex, no new pimples grow. I believed that.— MD Caruso
- When i was about 5 years old, i used to believe that everything i thought people could hear!Anon
- When i was younger up untill i was like 8 or 9 i thought that famous people didnt poop only normal people!!!— kaitlin
- I used to believe that the people on tv were really in the tv and if you opened the back they would be there!— Kathleen
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I thought that people were like cars because cars have exhaust pipes, and people fart.— Matt