I had an uncle who was a real joker and once he told us he and his wife were twins (we were very young). I believed him for years. When I was in second grade our teacher told us we had twins moving to our town and they would be joining our class. That started a conversation about twins. Kids told her of twins in their families, and I was excited to share MY news. When I told her my aunt and uncle were twins she said she knew twins that married twins. I told her that's what my aunt and uncle did - they got married - to each other. She gave me a really funny look and asked me if I was sure. Then she asked me what state they lived in!
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- i always thought twins had the same name as each other— Elle
- i used to believe i would 'catch up' to my big brother one day and we'd be twins.— lil' sis
- I used to think Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were a married couple. — l stu electtirc boogaloo
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
- Up until I was nine my uncle told me that the round bales of hay were cow eggs.— Fred
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft