I was told when I was little that if you swallowed gum it would sit in your stomach for 7 years. I know a lot of other people have been told that too, but at the age of 23, I still believe it.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- I believed the urban legend that gum stayed in your stomach for 7 years if you swallowed it.— Lindsay
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- i used to believe that if i swallowed beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma
- i used to believe that if you swallowed gum, when you breathed in, your stomach would stick to your back— cope