Until I was in maybe 7th grade, I thought Paul McCartney was my real father. I also thought that my "fake" parents were holding him hostage in my attic.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- My daughter thought Paul McCartney was singing "Hey Dude" instead of "Hey Jude". Anon
- That the McCartney Era was another name for Beatlemania (due to confusion between "McCartney" and "McCarthy"— James Anderson
- I used to believe that I was the only real person in the world and that everyone else were fake things!— supermk342
- I believed that I had a fake right big toe, having lost my real one in the plug holder (thanks Helen!)— Mike
- Once I thought these two teenagers who used to wash my mums car lived in our attic. Hahaha!— Roxanne
- I used to believe that Andy Rooney, of 60 minutes, was my real father!— KM