When I was little, my grandma told me that whatever I called anybody that was bad, I would become that. I called her fat, so she told me that I would be fat too. Now I am. :)
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- I used to believe that a penis was called a bobby because my mum told me... I believed this until I was 15.— Patricia
- My dad told me that Dalmation dogs were called 'Damnations', I really thought they were until I was about 9.— bunny
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that adult kangaroos were called Kangas and that child kangaroos were called Roos. Anon
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic