When check books used to have that thick purple carbon paper in it, my mom would hand it to me to throw away, but make me hold it with the very tips of my finger and thumb. She was very specific that I not to touch it, but wouldn't tell me that she just didn't want me to get ink on me or my clothes, because it might be difficult to get out. She would just say, "You don't want to get it on you, trust me." So I always thought it was something like an acid that would eat away at my skin and was deathly afraid of it. I was in my early 20's before realizing carbon paper was harmless!
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- i believe in the tooth fairy so much that i make paper bags for her!— Monster High girl
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- i used to think tha if you went outside when it was acid raining the rain would burn holes in your skin— fear of rain
- I used to believe that your soul was a millimeter thick, right under your skin, and looked exactly like youAnon
- when I was small I always thought that the solar system ended, and then it was just white paper after that— sparrow