When my sister was a freshman in college, my mom called her to tell her her checking account was overdrawn. My sister didn't know what that meant and my mother said, "It means you don't have any more money!" My sister countered, "Yes I do! I still have a whole box of checks!"
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- My sister once asked her mother why she didn't paint her black....Anon
- I used to believe that as long as there were checks in the checkbook, there was money in the bank.— Michelle
- When my sister's father went to Seattle, my sister said "Is Attle nice?" She thought Attle was a person's name— zzo38
- my sister and i used to think sideburns were called "hash browns."— ginny
- When I was little - before we learned cursive - my sister and I called it 'real writing'. — Monty
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q