I used to believe that everyone lived for exactly 100 years, and that as soon as you blew out the candles on your 100th birthday cake you would die, surrounded by your family.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that everyone lived until they were 100 and you dropped dead on your 100th birthday!— Natalie
- When I was little, I used to believe that everyone died on their 100th birthday.— Kristen
- I usd to believe that, all Americans were left handed and we all died when we reached our 100th birthday!— Greg Baron
- I used to believe that on your birthday, you didn't advance to your next age until you ate your birthday cake.— Casi
- I used to believe that all dessert was birthday cake.— David
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys