As a child I made lots of goofy faces and my mom (entire family, really) used to tell me that my face would stick that way if I kept doing it. Same goes for crossing my eyes. If I kept them crossed for too long, they were bound to stay that way forever. I believed this wholeheartedly.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My mom always told me if I made an ugly face it would stay that way forever.Anon
- I used to beleive if i crossed my eyes they'd stay like that.. haha— L Bennett
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- I used to believe that wildlife crossed at wildlife crossing signs...so did my dad when he was young— Sheryl
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL