Since my aunt was in the army and my dad tried to be in the army (they refused to let him since he didn't have good use of his legs), and since my grandpa was in the army, I thought that when you turned 18, someone made you join the army. I was terrified of the army, and I never wanted to grow up.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the salvation army was an actual army.Anon
- I thought there were only four ranks in the army: private, corporal, Seargeant, and General— Alberto Richardson
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob
- My grandpa and mom both used to tell me that if I didn't clean behind my ear that potatoes would grow there. — Bryan M.
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly