I used to think (because of my sister) that if you ate only one piece of candy, it would be lonely in your stomach, so I always ate food in even numbers so they would have friends when they got down there.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I believe animals are our best friends. When we are sad or we feel lonely, they are there to support us.— Rosa Saito
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- I believd that if you ate popping candy and drank softdrink just afterwards your stomach would explode— Kat
- When I was little my parents used to tell me and my sister that carrots were "orange candy." — Nancy
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- We put food in our mouths, so naturally I believed my stomach was in my head.— Timb