When I was about four, my parents were applying for a home loan.(so I discovered later.) At the time, I was very confused by it all. It was all they talked about. "We should apply..." was the only thing I heard. When I asked what 'appllying' meant, mum told me it meant 'asking permission from somebody to get something.' I gradually started to believe they meant they were 'appllying' for a child. I thought that if you wanted a baby, you had to apply. My parents also said "Maybe we're not eligable..." A few times. I asked what that meant too. I was told it meant 'able to get.' It came to my conclusion that some parents didn't have children because they "wern't eligible." I felt so smart about discovering that. What it made it even funnier was that my mother actally got pregnant! I screamed with joy "So you got permission?!?"
Now, I have scared many of pregnant women by asking them: "Are you sure your eligible? Do you have permission?"
A childhood belief about getting pregnant
others believed things like this
- I used to think you had to get special permission from your parents to use curse words— zeitgeist
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- I used to think being engaged meant being in jail. I have no idea how I came to that conclusion.— CNB
- I thought when adults talked about "sleeping with" someone they meant a sleepover!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that when people talked about 4x4 trucks, I thought it meant all the wheels turned.
— tracy - I thought that exorcise and exercise both meant the same thing— Dobby Bob