One day I overheard my mum and my friends mum talking about when we were born and how much we weighed (I was 8 pounds, she was 6). Because the money in the UK is in pounds too, I thought that you had to pay to pick your baby up from the hospital and for years I thought that my mum and dad must love me more than hers did because they paid more for me.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I used to think that pounds were called lubs since they are notated as lbs..— Katie
- I used to think that the abbreviation lb (for pounds) stood for Lilla-blams (like Kilograms)— Jake
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M
- I used to think all money paid for goods at shops went to charity.— Tim