After going to a lot of Indian restaurants and being a huge fan of Indian food, I thought that everyone of Indian descent was born with a dot in the middle of their forehead.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that those of Indian descent who had them were born with dots on their forehead.Anon
- I thought that Indian Summer was like the weather in India.Anon
- When I was little, I thought the Indian princess on the Land-O-Lakes butter label was God or Jesus.— Butterflyzz
- I used to think Indian women had scabs on their foreheads, but it was bindi!— Emily
- My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"Anon
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark