My mom always said if i swallow gum it will get stuck in ur stomach 4 ever and it will grow in a ball and make ur stomach bigger!
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- dont swallow gum, it will stick to your stomach , your whole life.— nancy
- I used to believe that i couldn't swallow bubble gum because it would stick to my stomach— Nathalia
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- i used to believe that stomach aches were farts stuck in sideways. — amanda p.