I thought your parents CHOOSE if you're a boy or a girl when they have you (or at least the mother chose). I learned this was wrong when I asked my mom why she made me a boy instead of a girl.
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- That you could give birth to what ever you chose (i.e a girl, a boy, twins, triplets)— Krista Durling
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- When I was younger, I saw Madonna's video for "Material Girl". I thought she was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl"!— Greg
- I always thought instead of saying "Im a material girl" Madonna was saying "Im a cheerio girl".— Tiffany
- I used to believe that you could catch AIDS from just looking at a nud girl. Good thing I was WRONG— Mbm4615
- when i was a little girl i always thought that dumplings where made of ducklings, i always passed on them — andy