I used to think that if you went into a shop, and didn't have enough money for what you wanted, the shopkeeper would give you the rest of the money so you could get it, and that's what "change" was... how much better would life be if that really happened?
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if you went up to an ATM it would just give you money out that is not your own money.Anon
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy
- I used to believe that a bank was a place where they give out money to peopleAnon
- When i was child i used to believe that when i lose one tooth, a little mouse will give me some money.— Daniele
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- When I was a little kid I used to believe that tissue paper was money and that you could have a box of money.Anon