My uncle has been bald for as long as I can remember. When I was about six, I asked my dad why my uncle was bald. My dad replied that one day when my uncle was on his motorbike, all his hair had just blown off. I thought that my dad was the fountain of all knowledge, and believed this story for several years. Many years later I told my dad how I'd believed his ridiculous story for a long time, and he was amazed that I had believed it at all. I was so convinced by the story, that I told all my friends at school that my uncle's hair had blown off while he was riding his motorbike.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
- My uncle harry has a very long beard and a hariy face. I used to think he was a wizard.Anon
- My friend convinced me that if I used a bar of soap to wash my hair instead of shampoo that I would go bald.— Michelle
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- this guy i used to go to school with thought that Ned Kelly was his uncleAnon
- Up until I was nine my uncle told me that the round bales of hay were cow eggs.— Fred