I used to believe skunks smelled all the time and that you could simply get it off by locking them in a perfume shop or forcing them to shower. I never realized that only their spray stunk until I was 9. Im 13 now.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- Every old person I met smelled bad, and I thought old people smelled bad because they were slowly rotting.— Jasmine
- Skunks smell bad because they eat garbage.— Isabel
- i used to believe that i could avoid death by locking myself in a closet.— babie
- I thought that psychological torture involved forcing people to watch really sad movies!— Elviessa
- I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- I used to believe that take a shower meant to go steal a shower from the storeAnon