I was 4 when told a total whopper by my dad. He said if I stepped into the street, he would "skin me alive". It worried me so much I never did it, but I always thought I'd be really cold without skin and all my guts would fall out.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana