I used to believe that money literally grew in the bank. Our parents tried to teach us to save money, and they told us that if we put all the change from our change jar in our own little bank account, it would grow. I always pictured the quarters and nickels just growing to larger sizes.
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you were broke that you could go to the bank and get money for free!— Karianne
- I used to believe that as long as there were checks in the checkbook, there was money in the bank.— Michelle
- I thought it was against the law to carry around a lot of money unless you were putting it in the bank.Anon
- I used to believe that a bank was a place where they give out money to peopleAnon
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy