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I used to believe…
When I was small, my older sister told me that when I was asleep, all my sister's friends came over to party. I was so jelous that one day I invited all of my friends to party on a school night. I wondered why my parents were so mad at me when my sister did it every night. It just wasn't fair!
I used to believe…
up to the age of 4 years i believed that you had be king and queen to get a child. i was very confused when my dad told me that my mom and he had never been king and queen. i needed a lot of time to get over this crushed belief of mine.
I used to believe…
When I was younger I used to believe that the first time two people could kiss was at their wedding, because the pastor gave the groom permission to finally "kiss the bride."
I used to believe…
up untill around age 10 i thought that when a man and a woman were married, after the ceremony was over they went directly to the hospital and the woman gave birth to a baby. i had asked my mother about it once and she replied with "well...sometimes."
I used to believe…
my parents told me if i was bad a guy named sergent smith would take me away they showed me an abonden house and said he lived there once i was bad in the car and my mom said were takin u to sergant smith i remember cryin and screamin plaese no ill be good
I used to believe…
when I heard the term " step on a crack, break your mother's back" I thought it specifically meant MY mother. Not only would i never step on cracks, if I saw a man walking down the street step on a crack, i would yell "HEY!! This is my mother! It's your back your breaking!"
I used to believe…
when i was little, my dad convinced my brother and i that he was tickelish on the middle of his forehead. everytime we would touch his forehead he would bust out laughing. i believed it untill i was 10.
I used to believe…
When I was about 6 or 7 my dad told me that his legs were 2 different lengths. I went on thinking that until I was about 13. I though one of his legs were longer than the other!
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I used to believe…
When I was a kid I thought if someone got "fired" from their job that meant the boss threw them in a big bonfire.
I used to think you had to get married to someone whos birthday was the day before or after yours. My parent's birthdays are next to each other, I just figured it was the same for everyone! I blame my dad.
I used to believe…
my parents got divorced when I was six years old. for some reason, I thought that since divorce was the opposite of marriage, they would promise to hate each other and then instead of kissing, they would slap eachother.
I used to believe that my mother had been eaten by gremlins and that the gremlins wore thier skin and pretend to be my mom and sister. I wouldn't go into thier rooms at night because I thought that the gremlins took off thier uncomfortable human skin suits at night. I thought that if the gremlins knew I was on to them they would eat me. I also thought that if I let my feet dangle off the couch or the bed gremlins would eat my toes.
I used to believe…
After living in Southern California, then moving up to Oregon, I was amazed with Snow. My teacher at my Preschool what I wanted to be when I was older, I told her I wanted to be a Snowman.
I used to believe that parents had to have a boy first, then they could pick the sex of their child. This concept worked for all of the families I knew, except for a family around the corner who had six girls: Lori; Linda; Leigh-Ann; Lesley and Liz.
I used to believe…
When I was 5 I used to believe that I was the only child in my family, and all my brothers and sisters (I have 4 brothers and 1 sister) were strangers. One day I asked my Mom who they are and why they slept in our family. My Mom laughed!
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I thought that, by age 10, you were a grown-up. I think I got this idea from babysitters who were only in their teens, but were in charge.
I used to believe…
when i was about 7 i woke up really early in the morning and saw my dad going to work, i said "dad can you stay home from work today?" and he said" no i will get fired!" and i said *gasp* what will you get fired with?
I used to believe that I was a princess and that my parents were the king and queen of some country in Europe and the people I was living with were just protecting me till they got back.
They still haven't come.
I used to believe…
My dad used to tell me that when I got into my teens, I would turn into a "Gorshkin," a kind of animal that has horns. I used to picture some kind of gargoyle or puck creature.
It turns out it was his little joke, and he actually told me that in my teens, I would become a Gorshkin, which was "horny" creature.
I used to believe…
When I was little, I believed that when you got a divorce it was just like a wedding, only you walked backwards down the aisle, the bride wore black, and the groom wore a reverse tuxedo.
