When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- When I was young I used to believe if you died in the water, you'd become a mermaid.— stefanie
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha
- i used to believe if i went to sleep monsters would get my family, so i thought i stayed up all the time— Luc Lemmel
- When I was little I used to think that my mom was a mermaid because she never went swimming with me— Martina
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea