I always thought that Osama and Obama were the same people. Imagine my suprise when he ran for president! I was so confused until my parents explained to me they were different people. I was 13 at the time.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to think Obama's name was short for Baraccobama.— Trisha Gaurav
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon
- When I was 6 I used to believe my parents were watching me at school on TV. It explained a lot at the time!— opinionata
- I used to believe cartoons where real people. You can imagine how that went... — Emma
- At a young age I couldn't imagine how people without glasses could marry the ones wearing them. — Ana
- when i was 5 i used to think that people only live for 10 years and i thought that my parents were 7.Anon