When I was about 6 I overheard my mother saying, 'wow, Judy chose a really nice boyfriend.' When I heard the word 'chose' I imagined a line of really handsome muscular men all waiting for me to choose one of them to be my boyfriend. I was so disappointed when I realized dating wasn't like I imagined.
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- When I wos littler I used to believe that God chose the job for you — RoB WHiTE! :-)
- I was sure my stuffed dog "Floyd" could talk, but he chose not to.
— Cyn - I used to believe Martin Luther King chose your birthday.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- my boyfriend used to think that Hanna and Barbera were two women that did all the cartoons— Helen