My mom always referred to herself as being a tom-boy when she was younger. This had me pretty scared because now she was a girl. I thought that one day would also become a mom and have to have babies.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the phrase "Mamma Mia" referred to a girl named Mia.Anon
- When I was younger, I saw Madonna's video for "Material Girl". I thought she was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl"!— Greg
- Until I was about 11 or 12 I thought that "prostitute" referred to a female criminal.Anon
- When i was younger i believed that a cat was a girl and dogs were boys.Anon
- When i was younger i thougth that when you grew up you could decide whether you wanted to be a girl or a boy. Anon
- My brother once referred to the neighbor as a lesbian (she was Lebanese...)Anon