When my sister was about four, she saw a small elderly lady about the same height as herself. She thought that after a while, old people would continue to shrink and then change into little kids. So, she asked my mom when my great-grandmother would become her age!
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to think the height of your shadow is the height you would be when your older. LOL :)— Kaitlyn
- My great grandmother died when I was 9. I didn't go to the funeral because I thought she'd be a skeleton. — Angela
- When I was young my mother told me that old people kind of shrink. I thought that they shrunk into babies.— dont know
- i used to think a small man named homer lived in my grandmother's freezer and made ice. — ana
- When I was little I wanted to be an actress because I thought they shrink you and put you inside of a TV.— Lindsay
- When I was at primary school I used to believe you could only marry someone who was the same height as you!— Lucy