When I was a kid, I asked my dad what color burps were and he said 'blurple'. I believed him until I was about 13 years old. I was shocked that my father messed with my head like that.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol— Tara the Terror
- My father told me if I farted, my head would cave in!— Jae
- I once asked my dad what Jesus' surname was, and he said it was 'Sinclair'.
I believed it for years!— Rebekah - I used to think if you messed with your belly button too much, It would pop out and you would spring a leak.— Jessica
- I thought that every TV show was filed live, and I always wondered why they never messed up.— Steve
- I asked my father what holy water was. He told me it was the priest's bathwater. — Gwen