when i was little, i didnt know there was such a thing as marriage. so for my mom to get a husband she was magically pregnant and gave birth to a fully grown man in a tux. i believed this until 4th grade.
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- i used to think that women gave birth to their husbands and marry them...— Pat
- When I was younger, I thought that Labour Day was when all sorts of women gave birth.— Greg
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid