When I was little, I believed that people would live forever if they exercised. It confused when I heard of someone dying. I would think " why didn't they just exercise"??
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- In the mid 90's, I used to believe that babies who were born in the year 2000 would live forever.Anon
- I thought that when I got older "they" would invent a cure for death and I could live forever.— wishful thinking
- when i first heard "i'm a slave" by britney spears i thought she was saying "i'm a snail forever" — jessica
- I thought that exorcise and exercise both meant the same thing— Dobby Bob
- When I first heard Stawberry Fields Forever, I misheard the lyrics as Strawberry Fields For Trevor.— Matt
- i used to believe airplanes never land and would just fly forever, i believed in this till 8-9— Tuncay