When I was little I thought whenever cashiers gave you your change whenever you bought something, they were actually just giving you free money because they were just so grateful that you bought something from their store!
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- i beleived that when someone bought a new house, they would swap with the person they bought it from— c
- I used to think that ATM machines just gave out free money when you needed it. Ahhh if only...Anon
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy
- I thought second-hand smoke was bought off eBayAnon
- When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa