When I was little, I used to think that a wedding was where people went, with the hope of finding the right partner and getting married there. I was therefore mystified when I first found out that my mum and dad knew each other before they were married!
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that having children could only happen after a wedding with the person you are married to.Anon
- i used to believe nuns were married to jesus and priests were married to mary.— sunshine
- i used to believe, that if you were married you were a mum and dad— Fay
- when I was little I used to think you had to have a baby before you got married!— Supergirl
- I used to believe that woman had to pay to keep their last name when they got married!!!!!!!— Imaginative_Kidd
- I used to think I was going to marry my mom, even though my dad was already married to her.— nick