I used to think that when I saw something in a photograph that it was trapped in there forever. This belief began when I was about 5 and my older sister were looking at a photo that had my blankie in the background. She convinced me I'd never see it again...how cruel!
A childhood belief about history
others believed things like this
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- I thought that when I got older "they" would invent a cure for death and I could live forever.— wishful thinking
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela