I used to believe that people died on their birthdays. I almost lost a childhood friend because she would brag to me about how she was older than I was (by 1 day), and I would just tartly respond, "That's fine with me, you're gonna die 1 day before me."
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon - I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- I used to believe that which ever way you looked it was north, never understood how people got lost :-S— Simon
- Ironically my parents were born on the same day; so growing up, I thought all parents had the same birthdays. Anon