I used to believe that when I turned 6 I would turn into a boy! My brother and sister had me convinced their baby pictures were each others. I think I was more nervous the day before my 6th birthday then any other day in my life.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that everyone in pictures could see me so i turned all of the pictures in my house backwardsAnon
- I used to think that someone's birthday was when they could go back to being a baby for the day.Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q
- My sister uesd to think that you did a whole year's worth of growing in the night before your birthday.— Richard Davies
- Up until I was almost 11, I thought that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wore only on your birthdayAnon