I used to think that the difference between a skirt and a dress was the hemline - a skirt was short and a dress was long. I didn't learn the truth until my girlfriend explained it to me at the age of 21.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Madonna's "dress you up in my love" was "dress you up in nylon."Anon
- when i was young i thought the if i would dress up as a transformer i could fly to school on haloween— ben
- my mom told me that if i went inside the dresses at the clothing store, the dress would eat me...Anon
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- My girlfriend belived that sitcoms were called that because you sat down to watch them.— Zeppy