when i was a kid my granddad used to tell me there were wolves in the woods to stop me wandering off during picnics. i got so scared that my mum told me there was no such thing as wolves, and they all became extinct years ago. no-one ever corrected this belief, until i was 26 and my hubby laughed at me for still thinking there was no such thing as wolves.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- Wolves lived under my bed when I was a kid.— ricolarno
- I used to thing that vikings lived 50 years ago.— Sigrid
- For about 3 years, I thought that chili and salsa were the same thing.Anon
- I believed for years that the sun and moon were the same thing - it just glowed more in the day :)— Deb
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- Up until the 5th grade, I thought that all Egyptians were extinct. — Amy x