I used to believe that grown women couldn't wear normal socks - that after a certain age, you had to wear nylons with everything.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves
- I used to think that all judges had to wear those wigs.— M
- I used to believe that if you were blind you could wear glasses and you'd be able to see again— Jane
- I used to believe that clothes got smaller if you didn't wear them very often.Anon
- I used to believe that people who wear glasses did had a second brain!— Onessa
- I used to think that when you went to junior school you had to wear a turban.— Ellie Stott