When I was a kid I overheard my mother's friend say that her husband had gone to work in the Gulf. At the time I imagined that this involved playing golf on a massive golf course in the desert.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that the Gulf war was actually the Golf war and the people hit each other with golf clubs...— golfgirl
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie
- I used to think that water towers were giant golf tees.— adam
- 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
- I thought my imaginary friend was real and he imagined me
I hope he still believes I existAnon