I used to believe that it was illegal to leave a store without buying anything. Maybe I asked my mom if we could go to a certain store once and she said no because there wasn't anything we needed from there.
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe making a cake from scratch meant using a box mix rather than buying a cake from the store.— EZ
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty
- I used to believe that every time i went in a store that the grown ups had to buy me something.— jvf
- I used to think that the clothes in the thrift store were new— Ellie
- I thought change was the store's way of saying thank you.— Madeline
- I used to think that my mom had to buy ice cubes from the store and bring them home to fill up the trays.— Shawna