I used to hear about parents letting their kids go at 18, and I thought that, on your 18th birthday exactly, you'd have to leave. I played this doll game where my doll was 18, and I was standing on a stool saying, "Goodbye, Mary, I have to let you go."
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- I believed we were little kids till we were 17, and at our 18th birthday we woke up as adults.— Hoppip
- I used to believe that my doll Kimberly was real and if I listened carefully, that I'd hear her speak!— Kristy
- I thought that my Sheriff Woody doll could protect me if I was home alone.Anon
- i thought that if i dressed in my holly hobby doll's clothes, no one would be able to find me.— pikl
- When I was younger I cut my Barbie doll's hair and wondered why it never grew back.Anon