When I was very little I asked my mom if women who didn't have sex could still get pregnant. She paused for a moment, and then said "Sometimes."
Today, I'm fairly certain she'd meant the Virgin Mary was the exception. For years, however, I lived in mortal fear of spontaneous pregnancy.
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- i used to think a virgin was a type of nun because of the 'Virgin Mary' being religous!!!Anon
- I used to think virgin mary was actually 'virginia mary'Anon
- I thought "Virgin Mary" was actually "Verge 'n Mary" and that Verge was a nickname for Joseph. — Rachel
- when i was 5 years old I thought that a pregnant women deliever the baby by vomiting it — Nesreen Tashkandi
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon