i used to always try to pull my big innie into a ouite so i would pull at it for ages untill it really hurt and went red but i still carryed on wid pencils and sticks amd my mum would tell me of fot it. so 1 day she said if i didnt stop i would untie the knote of ma belly button and i would fall apart so for about 3 years i never touched it again
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon