My grandfather was rather portly and had the habit of eating dessert before his dinner instead of after. As a child, I thought that was the reason for my grandpa's large size.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- When I was small my Grandfather told me that the reason I had freckles was from throwing pebbles in the sewer!— All Grown Up Now!
- My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant. — H.Miller
- as a young child i thought poo was brown from eating chocolate and pee was yellow from drinking apple juice!Anon
- I used to believe that all dessert was birthday cake.— David
- Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.— Paulette
- When i was younger i thought germs and bacteria were the same size as me— Tasha