I used to believe that my mother wouldn't notice when I opened a new pack of cookies, eat some of them, then rearrange the ones left in the package, and seal the package with some sellotape. Being a mom myself now, I know that it is impossible not to notice....
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid my dad told me that in a package of socks there was a right sock and a left sock.— Christina
- I used to belive that the law was a number of rules on a notice board outside Buckingham Palace.— Nathan Vasey
- I used to believe that my Dad could fix absolutely ANYTHING with sellotape— Kate
- I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.Anon
- I used to think the Back Street Boys were black. I also thought Seal was a boy band. — Tufty
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized