When I was 5 or so, my dad told me that Albequerqi, New Mexico was named after Al Bequerqi. He said Mr. Bequerqi was dieing, and had learned that they were trying to rename his hometown, so he got them to name it after him, Albequerqi...
I hadn't thought about this until last week (I'm 15), when my dad and I were trying to figure out the capital of New Mexico, and I said, "Isn't it Albequerqi? Yeah, cause you told me the story about that!" He said, "What?" And I preceeded to retell him about Mr. Bequerqi.
I was devastated when he told me this wasn't true, and he denies ever telling me this. When my mom came home later, I pointed at dad, virtually screaming, "HE MADE UP MR. BEQUERQI!"
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Mexico was the capital of Spain— Cadence
- i used to believe that all of south america was mexico— katie
- In first grade I believed that I was from Mexico because I could count to ten in Spanish.— Lara Roy
- When I was young, I believed that because my mother was born in New Mexico, that I was part Mexican.Anon
- I was very young during the first gulf war and I thought that it was fought in the gulf of mexico.— Kay
- Until I was about 13, I believed that the Gulf War took place near the Gulf Of Mexico.... — D