I used to believe that when you turned 18 you were a grown up.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born grown up.— Juleen
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- I used to believe that cabbage was lettuce that had grown up.— JHR
- I used to believe that every time i went in a store that the grown ups had to buy me something.— jvf