For about two years, my friend, who's three years older than me, said she was an alien who would rule the world one day! I believed her and asked to have Australia, so she said that she'd give me Australia. Apparently she didn't predict how dumb I was cuz it was all make-believe! I was soooo heartbroken when I found out it was all a joke! I was 7-9 at the time.
A childhood belief about aliens

others believed things like this
- i used to think that Australia was the whole world.— Trish
- WHen I was a kid i used to believe you could dig to Australia— Chie
- i used to think that bethleham was in australia, like just out in the desert somewhere— joanna
- I was sure that Adelaide (where I lived) was the capital of Australia because they both started with
"A"— fiona - I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- Until a few years ago, I believed this was a "doggy dog" world, rather than a "dog-eat-dog" world.— jemima