Due to both of my grandmother's and my granny's friend being called Barbara, I used to believe that when a woman turned 50 (aka got old) she had to change her name to Barbara. I really wasn't looking forward to my 50th birthday...
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- We knew a woman named Barbara Hannah, and I thought she was was in charge of Hannah-Barbara!Anon
- My sister just recently realized that the lyric "more than a woman" wasn't 4 letter woman!— Anne
- My friend thought it was SO WIERD that he was born on his birthday when I told him he was.Anon
- When I was younger, I think i can change my brother with a friend— Mbaclé du 55
- Up until I was almost 11, I thought that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wore only on your birthdayAnon
- I used to think that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wear on your birthday— Bri