When I was 4 my grandma made a comment about being tired and old. I asked her how old she was. She then asked me how old I thought she was. I said, "80" (she was in her early 50's). If you weren't a child then you must be 80!
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- I once asked my mom if my grandma got wrinkles on her wrinkels when she bathed. Go figure....— Kitty
- i, too, thought my grandma made up the bushel and a peck song. :)— nessa
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- My little brother once asked my mother when we past a couple of factories.. if the factories made clouds— nicky
- I used to believe that snow on the ground was clouds that were too tired to fly.— alex