When I was 7, mom began playing 'fairy' for me. She'd draw me cards, write letters, leave small gifts... I believed until I was eleven. Now, reading through those old surprises, I have to laugh at how many times "be a nice girl and tell your daddy to buy mommy..." comes up in them.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Mother Nature was The wife of God. She was the mommy and he was the daddy. — Dawn
- When I was a boy I flushed my fish down the toilet thinking that it would go to its mommy and daddy.— Jeremy Clark
- When I was a small girl, I used to believe black men had fallen into chocolate. — elodie, French student in eighth grade
- I believed a star that I later found out was the planet Venus was the Tooth Fairy— Jillybean
- When I was 6 I believed that on nice summer days you can see the world spin if you just look hard enough :)Anon
- I used to believe that checks and credit cards allowed you to get anything you wanted with out paying for it. — Diamond