Up until I was about 10, my brother (7 years older) and cousin (2 years older) made me undoubtedly believe that I was literally "made" in the basement. Nuts, bolts, slabs of metal, and whatever else they could find because they wanted someone to play with after school.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- I thought that Dad's were always older then Mom's, come to find out my mom is a few months older than my dad.— Nicole
- I used to think tree-nuts (especially almonds) were made of wood. — Josh