I have LOTS of cousins: 12 on my mum's side and 16 on my dad's, so I thought that cousins were a sort of electorial thing, a bit like adoption. I thought if you said it enough, someone would become your cousin, so for about 2 years my friend and I told everyone we were cousins to try and make it so. We had documents and everything.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- I thought “guerrilla tactics” meant fighting like a gorilla— beating your chest and that sort of thing.— Kai
- For about 3 years, I thought that chili and salsa were the same thing.Anon
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly