When I was little, my dad had a friend named Theresa. He always talked about her and about what a good-hearted person she was. Thing is, she lived in another state so I never met her. I only heard my dad talking about how kind and caring she was. So I concluded that she was in fact Mother Theresa.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- i used to think when my parents talked that "so and so" was actually a person.— karmely cullen
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I always pictured the good Samaritan as a Samurai. Still do, in fact.Anon
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - When I was little, my dad had a friend named Scott. I thought my dad's friend was the king of Scotland— Uhhh....
- when i was a kid i used to think farts were another person in my tummy talking and he had bad breath— JOEY