When I was small, my cousin told me that fat people exploded if they stayed up past midnight, I believed that for a long time, until my aunt & uncle hosted a new year's eve party, I was petrified about a quarter of twelve, I was sure we'd all be witness to my aunt's explosion....needless to say, my father boxed my ears when I tried to warn her to go to bed and why...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were a married couple. — l stu electtirc boogaloo
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal
- i used to think my aunt sandra was aunt bannana.Anon
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- my aunt used to tell me that pinapples made your eyebrows grow. i believed it till i was about 10.— Anna