I learned about building card houses, and I wanted to impress my dad, so I asked if he knew about them. He said, "I *invented* card houses!" and then built one. I took him literally and thought about it all the time. I wondered why he wasn't rich or famous and why we hadn't studied him in school.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I thought a Debit card was actually called a Debt card.— Kilgore
- My sister used to tell me that Victorian houses were shiped from Victoria after they were built.Anon
- I used to believe that with a credit card, you could get anything you wanted for free.— Anonymous
- Bouncing on my bed and watching houses through the window I was sure they were literally bouncing with me.Anon
- I thought that a travel visa was a special credit card which was used for travellingAnon
- I thought that a "student visa" meant to use a credit card while travelling.Anon