My mother used to say, when I asked her where she had been, "Timbuktu". I honestly believed she went to some magical place called Timbuktu, and I would always get upset she didn't take me with her. Turns out she was just being sarcastic.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I used to think there was a crayon called "window color." Turns out there isn't. — Not the brightest crayon in the box
- I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic— Not so funny after all
- when i was little i asked what time midnight mass started.
i honestly had no idea.— what time?? - I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- When I was young, I honestly believed that I would die before I reached high school. Anon
- When the Queen Mother died when I was quite upset because I thought royalty did not die.— Carrie