My mom would make statements referring to how much I cost, so I thought that you went to the hospital, looked in the window, picked out a baby and paid for it.
A childhood belief about reproduction

others believed things like this
- When I was 4, I thought you chose and bought your baby at the hospital. I believed this until I was 6.Anon
- I used to believe that after 9 months, mothers went to the hospital to buy a baby off the doctors.Anon
- I used to believe that the inspection stickers on cars indicated the cost of the car, ie, a 12 meant $12 etc.Anon
- When i was little i thought casualty was a big hospital in londonAnon
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- That to make a baby a man (over 21 & under 25) had to kiss a woman (over 19 & under 21).— Johny