As a kid I was told that if I drank coffee I would get fleas in my stimach, because coffe was for grown ups only. I still do not like coffe, and whenever i drink it I imagine little gnats filling my stomach. I am 23 now.
A childhood belief about drinks
others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon
- I used to think it was illegal for children to drink coffee— C.W.
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley