because my dad didn't want to share his oysters with us, he told my sister and i if we ate them they would crawl back up our throats and out our mouths when we went to sleep. we didn't eat oysters for years
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I didn't share, I would turn into a crow.— Peter
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- I used to believe that if you didn't go to sleep, the sun would never come up.— terri
- When I was ten, I used to believe that the horses didn't sleep.— Jared
- I used to believe that my mother didn't sleep and that she was a super hero!— AntoineBoom