When I was young I used to think that as I grew older, my mom would grow younger and that we'd meet in the middle and be best friends forever.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Beatles were friends of my father, and I always expected to meet them.— Rafa Garnica
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- I thought that when I got older "they" would invent a cure for death and I could live forever.— wishful thinking
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- I used to believe that cars grew and that our car would grow to big to go under the McDonalds drive-thru.— Mary Ellen
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela