I thought calling someone a prick simply meant they were a jerk. So I was out to dinner with my mom, very conservative aunt, and 2 cousins (one younger), I was complaining about movie critics and very, very loudly exclaimed "they're SUCH PRICKS." The family just stared at me shocked...my momsaid, "what?!?!" I said it even louder wen my older male cousin told me what it really meant and I was incredibly embarrassed and apologized. I got a double whammy for embarrassment when I actually called the guy I liked and told him the story randomly and he was entirely not interested...it was mortifying. Especially because I was 15 and didn't know what a prick was!
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- I thought when a movie was unrated it meant it was so bad it exceeded all the ratings!— Oizys
- I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.— Carlos Almonacid
- I used to think that if a movie was advertised on the side of a bus, that meant it was really good. — Aretia