I used to be confused on how I was to respond when I asked someone, "do you mind if I blah blah blah?" Some people would be like, "no go right ahead!" While others would say, "yes do what you like!" So I would stand there and be like, "ummm, so can I?"
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When I was in school i thought that teachers read scripts to say good moring blah blah blah— Corina
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)
- "Going to the jazz club in my mind"? Not me! "Going to Nebraska in my mind..."— Felix
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- When I was little I would always say in my mind, "I know you can read my mind", just in caseAnon