I used to believe that the way you went from being a Prince to a King was to get married, since at the end of fairy tales, the girl married the prince, and then he became a king. I just figured the two events were connected.
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Beret" was actually "Mad-Miracle Man"— Missy
- I used to believe that Prince was the lead singer of Queen— Garrett
- In Prince's song "I Would Die for You" I used to think he was singing "Apple Dapple do!" — Sara
- I used to believe all black people were named Fresh Prince. — Ashlyn
- my mum told me that it was prince charles who was in the Bungle costume on Rainbow.— lm
- i used to believe nuns were married to jesus and priests were married to mary.— sunshine