When I was growing up, my best friend and went to the same pediatrician. Therefore we thought it was perfectly safe for us to drink out of the same glass since we "shared the same germs". I don't know which one of us came up with that idea, but we both believed it.
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that the "ped x-ing" signs meant "pediatrician crossing."— Jessica
- When i was younger i thought germs and bacteria were the same size as me— Tasha
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon
- When I was little, I always believed I was safe from the big bad wolf because I lived in a brick house.— Beth
- My friend told me you have to drink milk to get boobs LOOL— Roxanne
- My cousin once told me that glass was made from ground up beetles, and I believed her! — benjymous