I saw my cousin chewing gum one day when i was 3 or 4 and i asked him what it was and he said gum. I asked where he got it from and he pointed to his mouth. I thought gum was your actual gums but it never came out for me to chew. His was green anyways.... not really the same thing, huh?
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- After your teeth fall out when you're a kid, your gums fall out. Then you get new gums and teeth.— Erin
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- I once believed that if I wore my Halloween costume to bed, I'd wake up as the actual thing.— Sarah
- I used to think that GLASS and GRASS was the same thing. I always wondered why windows weren't green...— Alex
- I thought when you chew gum and you swallot it you would choke and die o_o— Courtney
- I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon