When I was a little kid, I thought R.I.P had something to do with parties. So when it came to my birthday and I was writing invitations to my party for my friends, I happily wrote on the bottom "R.I.P" instead of "R.S.V.P"
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when people wrote in cursive, they were writing in Spanish.— Ellen
- I used to think that I could meet famous people by inviting them to my birthday parties...— ClearScientist
- Up until I was almost 11, I thought that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wore only on your birthdayAnon
- when i was little i thought that toys had parties wee little partys when you would leave home— Dominique Tello
- I used to think that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wear on your birthday— Bri
- I used to believe that on your birthday, you didn't advance to your next age until you ate your birthday cake.— Casi