I once heard my dad say, "She doesn't waste words." and believed you could run out. I did not talk much after that.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that when you flushed an aeroplane toilet the waste would just drop out of the plane.Anon
- i once believed that S.W.A.T.
standed for sit,wait,and,talk.
lol!— Hawk - I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- I used to believe that all four-letter words are bad words.Anon