When I was 6 in 1990, I used to think that when I turned 7 I would be born in 1983. I thought that the year you were born always changed as you got older.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I was older than my brother because I was born in June and he was born in OctoberAnon
- i believe that if im born in december im older then people born in may— runawayfox16
- i used to believe that everyone was born as the opposite sex, and that you changed when you started school.— llama
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 yearsAnon
- In the mid 90's, I used to believe that babies who were born in the year 2000 would live forever.Anon