I used to believe that the man and woman had to be the same age to be married, because my parents are. So I never liked any boys younger or older than me. I found out that it wasn't true when I was 12, then I kissed a boy who was a year older than me. haha
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- When I was very small. by older brother told me that if I "Kissed my own elbow, I would turn into a boy."Anon
- i used to think that every family had a brother and sister and they married eachother when they got olderAnon
- I used to think that if you ate cat food you would die. I found out it wasn't true
— Bob#4 - When I was little i believed the man had to be older than the woman— its just me
- Until I was around 9 or 10 I believed that a woman was only allowed to marry a man who was older than her. — Rose
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon