My father had a rather generous belly when I was young, one which made quite a lot of noise. As I would lay my head upon his stomach, listening raptly, he would inform me how long before the puppies arrived. I was nearly eight years old before I discovered that dad did not have puppies brewing within!
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- Until about age 11 i thought that "Hush Puppies" the shoes were made from real puppies!— Laura
- I masturbated for the first time with a stuffed dog. I believed I was going to have puppies. — Not pregnant with puppies
- My sister was convinced that when she grew up she was going to have puppies instead of babies— leohauoli
- I used to eat doggy chocs until my older brother told me that if I did I would have puppies.— EG
- When I was six I thought that when all puppies grew up they turned into golden labradors. — Marieka
- I used to believe that babies came out through the mother's belly and they sewed up the stomach afterwards.— Lucy