My family and I always went to the same pool growing up, and it was the kind where you have to shower before getting into the pool. I thougth the shower water put a protective shield on us, so we wouldn't melt because of the chlorine.
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2
- I used to believe that take a shower meant to go steal a shower from the storeAnon
- I used to think that toilets led to the shower head. That's why I never took a shower :D— scared
- I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.— Mimi
- I used to think that if you go into a shower nothing can hurt you because you're protected by water — Foxxip
- When I was little, my dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon