My belly button is more like a hole. When I was a kid, I used to believe that as we grow up, all the new skin comes out of the belly button, like an whirlpool going backwards. I had to keep it clear of lint at all times, otherwise the new skin would have trouble coming out.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- I used to think your belly button was there to collect the lint of your shirt!Anon
- I used to believe that belly button lint came from the *inside*. Why else would it always be the same color?Anon
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon