When my dad used to go out and didn't want me to accompany him, he would always tell me that he was going to see a man about a dog. I used to get really excited thinking that he was going to bring a dog home! I never sussed it even though he never came home with a dog.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to think that my mom had to buy ice cubes from the store and bring them home to fill up the trays.— Shawna
- I used to believe Alcatraz was Santa`s home.Anon
- I used to think that when i went home from school everyone else ceased to exist.Anon
- Well I once believed that when someone was home alone, they'd walk around naked..Anon
- I used to think the moon followed me when I walked home in 2014.— Cookies
- my mum told me that the 'public' park was closing so she could go home— xx-lotty-pop-xx