My mom is a nurse, and when I was little, I used to tell her I'd put her in a nursing home when she got older, because I thought nursing homes were where nurses went.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to think that I nursing home was a place were mothers would take their new born babies to feed them— Katie
- I used to think doctors were male and nurses were female.Anon
- i thought that since my dr's name was "Dr. Washer" that meant my nurse's name was "Dryer" ... i know, its sad— mekare
- I used to think that slugs were just snails who had lost their homes!Anon
- I used to think that at funeral homes, dead bodies were propped up on the furniture, just hanging out!— pam
- I used to believe that when you moved houses, you traded homes with the person whose house you're moving into.Anon