We were always told not to go into the water for at least an hour after eating but never told why. I thought that also applied to a bath or shower as well as swimming. My older sister (1 year older) told me if you go into the water to soon, you will shrink up and fall down the drain. While I longed to shrink up enough to live in my doll house, I was afraid no one would get me out in time and I would fall down the drain. This fear kept me safe and somewhat unwashed.
A childhood belief about bathrooms
others believed things like this
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather
- When I was young my mother told me that old people kind of shrink. I thought that they shrunk into babies.— dont know
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- I used to believe that once you pulled the plug in the bath a shark would swim out of the drain and eat you.— Amy
- in this TV show i saw a snake coming up from the drain so everytime i take a shower i go really fast!— scared person