I used to think grown-ups could see what kids were thinking because kids' foreheads acted like mini tv screens, which showed whatever the kid was thinking. This was confirmed when my mom was excited about me getting my bangs cut off. I thought the adults just all knew never speak about this ability, and I made sure to think nice thoughts when adults were around. I couldn't wait to grow up.
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I used to believe that when we grow up, for jobs, we'd turn into animals. I never wanted to be a balet dancer or a doctor...I wanted to be a kitten or a polar bear!!
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When I was little, around 4 or 5, I used to think that when you feel in live, you'd hear the angels sing...
Also, I used to believe that love was just a game people played
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When I first saw pictures of my parent's wedding, I noticed that the flower girl was, oddly enough, not me. I got very upset over this, and DEMANDED to know why I wasn't the flower girl. I hadn't realized that it would be a few years before I was to be born.
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My son when he was aged 4 asked me: "Mummy when I am 5 will I have a 'five-head'?" Completely puzzled, I asked him what he thought a five head was and he replied "What my forehead will turn into when I am 5" (Now he has an 'eighteen-head'!)
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When I was 7 or 8 I believed that when you became 13 no-one would talk to you because it was an unlucky number!
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once i saw my mum and dad snoggin so i thought it was a sighn of friendship so the next day i went into school and snogged a girl so she thought i was a lezi
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In the workplace, when they said, You're Fired, I thought that an employer would be set on fire and burned to death.
I used to believe that someone who reach 13 could do anything like work to earn money, drive, vote, posess adult material, watch R-rated movies, smoke, drink alcohol, be alone, etc.
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Whenever I got in major trouble, my dad would always shout, of course, "You're grounded!"
I thought he made up that word, so about a year later when I heard it on TV, I thought my father must be famous, his new word was popular enough that it's now being displayed on television!
I once asked my parents to buy me something, and they said they couldnt afford it and they showed me how much money they had (a little pocket change)
I went to bed that night and cried myself to sleep, thinking that soon we'd be poor and living in the streets becuase we had no more money. It never occured to me that my dad going to work meant we'd get more.
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I used to believe my grandfather was Mahatma Gandhi. When people used to talk about Mahatma Gandhi..I used to think..they are talking about my granddad.
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When I was little I once saw the word "stripper" and asked my babysitter what it meant--she said that it was a woman who takes off all her clothes layer by layer, and for the longest time I imagined that strippers wore bulky winter clothing with lots of layers for their routines.
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When I was younger I believed your second cousin was the cousin that was born second closest in age to you. And Ironically enough my real second cousin was the second closest in age to me.
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My husband's mother died when my son was 5 years old. My husband told him that, "Grandma will be with you where ever you go, watching over you." For the next several weeks, my son would cover up with a towel before taking a bath or undressing and would insist on wearing the towel during his bath. We thought this behavior was quite strange so I asked him what was wrong and he whispered to me, "Grandma's with me and I don't want her to see me."
I used to believe my mother had eyes in the back of her head because she always caught me doing something I shouldn't have been. I could never find her eyes, she said they only opened up when I was doing something bad. I remember testing her one day when I was about 5 or 6: we were in the kitchen and she had her back to me, she was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes. So I stuck my tongue out at her and she said "I saw that, put your tongue away!" I was flabbergasted!! I finally figured out what happened that day in the kitchen: you guessed it, the WINDOW over the sink showed my reflection! Of course, I was 15 and in a different house when I finally figured this out!
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when I was a kid i used to believe that people were born married and taht their parents knew about it(somehow) and when their child grew to would to to live with there spuose.
I used to live in a small town predominately caucasian, when I was told at the age of 4, by my grandmother, that everyone was my brother. I spent the next year trying to convince everyone that Michael Jackson was my brother.
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When i was 5 or 6 me and my dad used to go to work together. One thing that constantly atracted my attention was my dad telling his clients that he would give them ring(call them on the telephone). I heard this atleast 20 times a day which lead me to believe that he gave lots rings away so i set out on a journey to find the rings...
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When my sister and I were little my dad had a white spot on his beard. When we would ask him what it was he would tell us he spilt milk on it. We believed him until we were 11 and one of our friends old us it was because he was old. We were devastated!!