I was born in 1955. I remember as a kid calculating that if I could stay alive until at least the age of 45 I would live to see the 21st century. I thought I might just squeak by and make it but it was by no means certain because 45 was very old.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to believe untill I was five that all adults are born like that and all little children stay little— Igor
- In the mid 90's, I used to believe that babies who were born in the year 2000 would live forever.Anon
- i used to believe when you died you went to heaven and played sale of the century!!!!Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- I used to believe that I was older than my brother because I was born in June and he was born in OctoberAnon
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao