When I was a clueless teenager, this other girl whom I perceived to be more worldly and knowledgeable about such matters, told me that semen was full of special proteins and minerals and if swallowed would endow me with porcelain smooth skin. I believed her because she really had good skin.
clarification : I wised up soon enough because I’m not *that* stupid.
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- When I was 6 or 7, I believed that people could have yellow skin like in the simpsons— Noah
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren