When i was about 5 i was watching an old movie on tv where a lady was yelling at a guy, saying he should be ashamed of himself for "robbing a young woman of her virtue". I knew what robbing meant- taking something away. But what was a virtue? I asked my mom who as i recall was scrubbing the bathtub. "Patience is a virtue" she mumbled. So i assumed that "robbing someone of their virtue" meant making them lord their patience. Fast forward to the next day. I'm in the cart at the grocery store watching my Milky Way candy bar creep slowly down the conveyor belt. "Mom, can i have my candy now?" I asked. But she insisted i wait until we left the store. I sighed loudly and declared, "Mom, you are ROBBING ME OF MY VIRTUE!" She turned 7 shades of red and rushed of out of the store. It wasn't until a good 10 years later when i say that movie again that i understood what the phrase meant.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe making a cake from scratch meant using a box mix rather than buying a cake from the store.— EZ
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- I used to think that if a movie was advertised on the side of a bus, that meant it was really good. — Aretia
- I used to believe that take a shower meant to go steal a shower from the storeAnon
- I used to think "public convenience" meant a convenience store!Anon
- I thought when a movie was unrated it meant it was so bad it exceeded all the ratings!— Oizys