I used to think that my bones would wear out if I bent them too much. I guess I did not understand about joints. So at night, I would sleep with my arms and legs and back perfectly straight so that I would not wear out my bones. Now that I'm 65 with arthritis, I think maybe I was on to something.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- When I was about 4 or 5, I used to believe that instead of bones, we had metal pipes. — TL
- I used to believe that the chunks in chunky peanutbutter were actually bonesAnon
- I used to be believe that white sugar was made from ground up bones— shedrez
- Broken bones meant that your arm or leg was separated from your body.— Kelly Hanson
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- I used to think that instead of bones and blood and tissue that you body was made up of tuna.— m.n