In elementary school we'd given oral reports standing in front of the class. I didn't know what oral meant so I assumed it meant "to stand." When I first heard about oral sex I believed it meant "to have sex standing up." I believed this for many years.
A childhood belief about oral sex

others believed things like this
- I believed that oral contraception meant talking your way out of it x]— Stupid
- I believed that oral sex was people having sex in space.
I think I got 'oral' mixed up with 'astral'— PinkPanther - When I was in sixth grade I thought that "oral" sex meant talking about sex.— Duh
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I am an only child so i didn't have older siblings to tell me that oral sex isn't talking dirty.— dragon