In the musical Fiddler On The Roof, for years I thought a 'matchmaker' was a person in a town who made matches for a living...Couldn't understand why anyone would do that for a living. I finally saw the musical in high school and hit my forehead mid act, 'duhhhh!'
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I thought the musical Mamma Mia did songs from the A*Teens (the teenage version of Abba)Anon
- i believed that the only musical instrument on earth was the piano.hey i was only 6 then!!!— velvetryn
- i used to think that "the king and i" was a musical based around the life of priscilla presley— erin
- "Better than sliced bread"
I used to believe 'Sliced Bread' was a musical band.— Madeline - I thought that wars had to last four years... just like high school and college.— A. Falk
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille