When I was 7 my older brother and sister told me my parents found me in a garbage can and adopted me because they felt bad. I asked my mom, and unfortuntely she agreed. It wasn't until I was about 11 that my mom told me it was just a joke.
A childhood belief about i'm different

others believed things like this
- My mum told me and my brother that we were adopted and that our real mothers were witches. Thanks mum.Anon
- I used to want to be a garbage man when I was older because I belived they only worked one day a week— Oscar the Grouch
- My grandma told me that if I misbehaved, the men in the garbage truck would take me away forever.— Anika
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- My brothers to piss me off sometimes told me I was adopted, and that I was the housekeeper's kid.— ricolarno
- When i was little my older brother said rocks grew in your poop, so i went digging and never found anyAnon