When I was little, I used to believe that money was the same everywhere. I used to think the small change I'd find around the house in $1 and $5 could buy expensive things I saw in US catalogues (I'm Jamaican).
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- I used to think being on holiday meant that you were moving house temporarily, like with a change of address.Anon
- I used to believe that good and expensive joggers would make me run fast.— Kats
- I thought braces were made out of precious metals and that's why they were so expensive!— Sp' Iyulgar
- When I was a little kid I used to believe that tissue paper was money and that you could have a box of money.Anon