When I was about 4 years old, my mom said if I swallowed to much gum, my belly botton would get so big, you could see through!
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- If you swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in your belly— Rachelle
- I used to believe that if you swallowed an apple seed, a tree would grow in your belly.— Rachel
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- i used to believe, when i was about 4 years old, that if you swallowed an ice cube you'd die. — Kritikaa
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- I believed the urban legend that gum stayed in your stomach for 7 years if you swallowed it.— Lindsay