When my sister and I were little, our parents told us that spiders were afraid of beds (so that we would still sleep if there was a spider in our bedroom). I distinctly remember standing at the door of my room and making a running jump to get to the bed as fast as I could, because then the spiders wouldn't get me. We believed it for years, and therefore our parents never had to deal with "I can't go into my room, there's a spider there!" It's such a convenient story that I plan on telling it to my kids someday!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- Whenever on of my parents let one lose, they would say, "Barking Spiders!"— Ginger
- When I was liitle, I used to believe that if a spider would bite me than I would become Spider-Man!!!— IronManxD
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- My mum always told me not to pick my nose and eat it because spiders would grow in my tummy......— Ben
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska