When I was little I used to think that my mom was a mermaid because she never went swimming with me
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when you swimming 'Freestyle' was swimming any way you want.Anon
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - I used to believe that i swam more than 2 hours I would become a mermaid.— M11cazares
- When I was young I used to believe if you died in the water, you'd become a mermaid.— stefanie
- I used to beleive that a mermaid would be singing to you when u listned to a shell. — vprincess
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha