I also forgot to mention that 9 was a guy. He had a crush on 8. (I'm remembering more and more about how I thought all numbers had personalities and love triangles)
A childhood belief about counting

others believed things like this
- i thought split personalities were like having dreams. the dreams i had were all my personalities!— Odd Dreamer
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- I thought my age started at 4, because I couldn't recall any mention of my age before.Anon
- I used to be terrified of the numbers 18 and 19. I think I thought that when you turned 18 or 19, you die.— Emmy
- I always hear Manic Street Preachers 'You Love Us' as 'You Love Arse'.— Lou
- I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic— Not so funny after all