When I was about 7 and my brother was a newborn, I was very jealous. I had always believed that something horrendous, inevitably resulting in death, would happen if your belly button became "unbuttoned." I tried to unbutton his only to find someone already had!!!! Of course it was really the umbilical cord, but I believed he was superhuman for surviving and wouldn't be in the same room alone with him until I was about 11.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I always believed that my dad went to school with Billy Bunter. I think my brother believed it too!— Karen
- That eating grass was a sure fire way to gain superhuman powers.— Brendan
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon