I used to believe that if you opened the window at night time, the darkness outside would come in and fill the room. My older brother would delight in tormenting me as he threatened to let the dark in by opening our bedroom window.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - My older brother used to tell me that if I "untied" it, I'd fly around the room like a balloon. — Gullible youth
- My mom used to tell us kids that if you put your arm out of the car window,that it would fall off.— Kathy G.
- I used to believe that the moon lived on top of our house because I could always see it from the window.— Classic NYer
- When I was little I thought a widow was someone who stares at you through a windowAnon
- I used to think there was a crayon called "window color." Turns out there isn't. — Not the brightest crayon in the box