I was about 8 years old. We were visiting my grandma and her boyfriend. I overheard him say to my dad that he had not had a drink in over 10 years. I thought he meant that he hadn't had anything to drink at all!! I thought "wow, I would be so thirsty!"
A childhood belief about drinks
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you mixed a diet drink with a regular drink, it would explode. Anon
- I thought that soda was also called "pop" because if you drink too much of it, you'd explodeAnon
- When I was young I refused to drink well water because I thought it came out of whales.— itodd
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon