When I was little, I once saw this girl who had a protruding belly button. I was so jealous of her as I thought it was better than having a hole and thought she was blessed.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann