grown-ups

I used to think my grandma was THE Mary Poppins.

I used to believe…

My daughter believed I had eyes in the back of my head because I told her so to explain how I knew when she did something wrong. She tried to part my hair to look for them when I took a nap. This admission came when she was about 20 years old.

I used to believe…

When I was around 5, I heard my mom talking about going to a bridal shower with some other ladies, and I was picturing all these women in the shower together!! I was quite disturbed and was glad I wasn't going.

I used to believe…

My grandparents used to take me to the horse races. Often, my grandmother would tell me "your grandfather's horse just won!" I knew my grandfather did not own any horses so I assumed he rode them and he therefore was a jockey, which is amusing because my grandfather was a rather large man with a huge stomach.

I used to believe…

When my Mum left my older sisters in charge of me whilst she was out, she told me that she had given them authority to smack me if I was naughty.
I spent ages looking for this authority hoping I could get rid of it before they could use it on me!

I told my little sister that she was stolen from Gypsies. I told her that me and my parents where on vacation and saw a group of gypsies washing their clothes beside a river and that she was laying in a basket to the side sleeping, so my parents stole her. She believed me for years until my mother finally got tired of me torturing my sister, so she dug up some old pictures of my sister in the hospital right after she was born to prove that she was an offical member of our family.

I used to believe…

When I was a child, I thought that grown-ups were adult.

I used to believe…

When I was young there were a lot of foods I didn't like. My grandma, who was the one who cooked used to tell me that adults liked all foods and that I wasn't going to grow up until I started liking all foods. I believed her for awhile, but still wouldn't eat certain foods.

I used to believe…

When i was 5-6,i think....I USED TO BELIEVE that the our names change when we are 'big' and i was thinking a lot what my name shall be,i wanted to prepare myself...

I used to believe…

When my sisters and I were young and we were misbehaving...I used to believe that my mom was calling an orphanage to come and pick us up because we were being bad. I later found out that she was just calling "Time".

I wondered where I had come from. My numerous older siblings informed me that they had found me in a park. That I was taken as an egg from a nest. They said they MIGHT put me back. I was afraid to go the park.

I used to believe…

At age five I was told my mother had to go to the hospital to "lose weight". In reality, she went to the hospital, gave birth and placed the baby for adoption. I learned the truth at age twelve and finally at age forty, (a couple of years ago) was reunited with my "lost" sister.

I used to believe…

One day I was six years old. My dad told me that superman and the invicible man and superman came to my home in the afternoon. So he recorded is own voice with a taperecorder pretending he was superman and the invicible man. telling me to do my homework and be nice to my parents and grandparents. The next day I told the story in school and everybody was like woooow they came to your home. I was really scared that they would come back whenever I did something wrong. But now after 22 years I know it was him.

I used to think that the Army and the War were two different things you could join. My dad was in the army before I was born and I used to wonder why he chose to join the Army and not the War =o)

I used to believe…

My younger sister got so upset at always being younger than I. So, one time when I threw in her face "I am older than you, that's why" she answered "Wait until I get older than you!" I tried to correct her, telling her it would never happen. She stated, matter-of-factly, "After you turn 24, you start counting backwards! I will be older than you then!"
Now that we are both past that age, I remind her often that i am actually younger than she is... and will be until we start counting forward again! My poor sis, she just can't win!

I used to believe that when you wanted to get married, you would put on your tux, and walk around until you found a woman in a wedding dress, and then you'd be married.