i used to believe that people never stopped growing. i was very concerned about this for logistical reasons, and it took my parents months to grasp that when i repeatedly asked "what happens when you get too big for your house," i was not speaking metaphorically. for some reason i never noticed there weren't gigantic 20ft+ people around everywhere.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- Growing up, I thought that my family that spoke Yiddish were speaking in cursive.Anon
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- Ironically my parents were born on the same day; so growing up, I thought all parents had the same birthdays. Anon
- When i was little for some reason i thought that all people from china knew karate.....yeah.— sneakydean
- WHEN I WAS FIVE I THOUGHT DEAD PEOPLE
JUST GOT THRONE IN THE BIN AT THERE HOUSE.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA)