Since I had an older brother growing up (and still do), I believed that all younger brothers eventually grew up to be older brothers. I believed that I would have a younger brother to pick on and torment the way my older brother did to me. Unfortunately, my parents didn't have any more children.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that one day, my younger brother would be older than me and then he'd pick on me!— Andrew
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- When i was little my older brother said rocks grew in your poop, so i went digging and never found anyAnon
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah