Once my 8 year old brother came home from school very upset because one of his friend told him it was the law that when you became a grown-up you had to get married. he was almost in tears saying how he didnt want to be stuck with a dumb girl forever.
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- In the mid 90's, I used to believe that babies who were born in the year 2000 would live forever.Anon
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel
- I used to think school would last forever....— Jeff
- When I was nine, I thought two eleven-year-olds could get married.Anon