My sister was told at a young age that if you crossed your eyes and someone hit you on the back, that they’d stay that way. Fast forward fifteen years at her high school graduation party when she found out that my mom was pulling her leg. Her friends still tease her about that. (So do I!)
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- I used to beleive if i crossed my eyes they'd stay like that.. haha— L Bennett
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- When I was young, I honestly believed that I would die before I reached high school. Anon
- I thought that wars had to last four years... just like high school and college.— A. Falk
- When I was young I thought that after pulling out off a petrol station the car would go faster— Amine
- My mom would tell me to stay off the railroad tracks because the trains were silent and super fast.— Roger