When I was 5 my older sister told me that I used to be bigger than her, but they put me through the wash and I shrunk. Of course, I believed her... it made sense at the time...
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- I used to believe that everybody who was bigger or taller than I was always older than me.— Stano Finji
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- When I was young my mother told me that old people kind of shrink. I thought that they shrunk into babies.— dont know