I have two older brothers and so I thought that when you grew up you were a girl then a boy then you could be whatever you wanted to be (a man or a woman).
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- When i was younger i thougth that when you grew up you could decide whether you wanted to be a girl or a boy. Anon
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- I liked cats so much I wanted to be a Vet when I grew up, but, I thought they couldn't eat meat.
— Tanya - I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- When I was a little girl I used to believe that when I grew up I'd turn into a man.— Jessica