when i was 12-ish my best friend (who was a girl) and myself (also female) used
to torment her little brother by telling him that when he turned 6 (he was 5), his
"peter" would fall off and he would become a girl. We used to tell him that it
happened to us and it didn't hurt. We also used to tell him that when little girls
turned 6 they grew "peters" and became little boys.
For the first few months after he turned 5, he lived in fear of turning 6. Then he
started to not believe us. We continued with the prank until his 6th birthday and
when he turned six he came up to us and said that his "peter" fell off and he was
now a girl! Fortunately, 6 year olds can't keep a straight face for long, so after a
few seconds he dissolved into laughter.
poor kid...now I realize that it was an awful thing to do.
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- I used to believe all babies came out as girls and later on in life some of those girls turned into boys — Tom
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- When I was six I thought that when all puppies grew up they turned into golden labradors. — Marieka
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- My mum told my brother that beetroot turned your wee pink. To this day he still won't eat it— Monica