When my mom put us to bed, she would of course always say, "Good night." This phrase became equated in my mind with the word "goodbye," and so I naturally assumed that my mother left every night after putting us to bed. Who knows, maybe one time she had said something about going to the store after we were in bed, and I assumed that she always left the house. I was at least 6 before I realized this wasn't true.
The strangest part is that this never seemed to bother me!
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- Since he had fought in WWII, I naturally assumed my grandfather had killed Hitler himself.Anon
- The sea was there because I left a tap dripping all night.— wolfie
- When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.— His name was Jimmy
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- I used to hold my hand over my hair whenever i left the house and it was windy incase my hair blew away— lisa