I used to believe that the number of people in your family dictate how many fingers you had. Since there were five of us, I rationalized that's why I had five fingers.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I thought your fingers would grow back if they got cut off— Nate
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- i used to believe that polishing your nails also consisted of painting your fingers. Anon
- When I was a kid, I slept with my fists balled up because I thought if I didn't, E.T. would eat my fingers. — Brian
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon