When I was about 3 or so, I had a general understanding of what the word "law" meant, but I had never heard the term "in-laws." One day I overheard my mom on the phone with her friend explaining that I was going to spend the afternoon with her in-laws. I thought that she was going to take me to a police station or courthouse instead of driving me over to my grandparents like we had planned. She had me pretty scared for a little while!
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to believe that the term "being mugged" meant someone beat someone else with a coffee mug.— Matt Thiel