When i was younger, i used to pick my belly-button all the time, until my um caught me one day and said that if i picked it anymore my stomach would open up and id de-inflate like a balloon. I soon found this wasnt true.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- When i was young I used to believe if I ate ham fat I was going to inflate like a balloon— a guy
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to believe that if I couldn't suck in my gut anymore, my belly would bulge out twice as much.— Secret
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit