When I was little I used to believe that when you moved house you made a direct swap with the person whose house you were moving into and that they would move into your old house. It took actually moving to be made aware this wan't true
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- I used to believe that when you moved houses, you traded homes with the person whose house you're moving into.Anon
- I used to think being on holiday meant that you were moving house temporarily, like with a change of address.Anon
- i beleived that when someone bought a new house, they would swap with the person they bought it from— c
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - i used to believe that when a person moved away, they switched houses with the person that bought their house— alli