When I was about 5 years old I realized what 5 years meant. It confused me, so I asked a friend and she reassured me that we were each at least 100 years old.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- When I was 5, I argued with a friend because I thought I never have been 3 years oldAnon
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon