I used to think that cartoon characters were real "people," and I used to tell everyone that I was going to marry Mighty Mouse. My dad liked to tease me and insist that Pearl Pureheart was going to get him first.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when I moved the mouse around on the mouse pad, I was giving the computer a massage.Anon
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- I used to believe that you couldn't marry people with different eye colors as you.Anon
- At a young age I couldn't imagine how people without glasses could marry the ones wearing them. — Ana
- I used to believe that boys were like robots and had no real feelings, that they were not even real people.— Lisa
- I used to think that "tease your hair" meant make fun of itAnon