getting older

When I was little I had a very balanced, cyclical view of life. First of all, I thought little boys grew up to be "big girls" (i.e., women) and little girls grew up to be "big boys" (i.e., men). When my parents told me I would never be a big boy, I cried.

At the same time, I also thought that young people got old and old people young. By the time I was my grandmother's age, she would be my age! I don't remember when this illusion was shattered.

robin

Once, we were driving through a group of greenies obstructing traffic in protest.. I looked up at them in awe and decided then and there that that's what I wanted to be. I tried to think of what those funny smelly people with painted signs were called, and a moment later hastened to tell Mum my heart's desire was to be a 'prostitute'

Alli

My older sister told me that at the age of 16 girls turned into boys and boys turned into girls. I was so mad that I had been born a girl because that meant I wouldn't get to wear makeup or wear prom dresses when I grew up (because by then I would be a boy).

Anon

When I was little, I used to think old people carried deadly diseases because they were always dying. So everytime I walked past an old person I used to hold my nose so I wouldnt breath in any of there deadly diseases.

Isla

I was very afraid of kidnappers as a child and couldnt wait to be a grown up as i thought adults could not be kidnapped!

jack

I used to think that everyone turned a certain age, and you could take your teeth out of your mouth.
(Because I always saw my grandparents' teeth in water at night when we visited)

Kilgore

i used to beleve that once you gre up, you could never go on vacation or have fun ever again.

now i know it isnt true, but i dont have fun anymore lol

Sam

My best friend in elementary school believed that when you grew up, you could become inanimate object. Up until middle school she was convinced that she was going to grow up to be a stop sign!

George

I used to believe that everybody who was bigger or taller than I was always older than me.

Stano Finji

I used to believe my birthday would change every year. This yeas was Cotober 7th, the nex October 8th and so on

Victoria

My Mum told me she was 21. Every year. I was about 10 when I worked it out, which makes my birth a tweenage pregnancy.

James

I used to think that I was smarter than adults. Now I know kids are smarter than adults in many ways

Marshall M

i used to believe that when teenagers dated, the guy had to be older than the girl.

claire

This is about something my sister believed that I told her. She was always asking what would happen when she went through puberty. Well, I kept telling her and she wouldn't believe me. Finally I told her that when she grew up and went through puberty she would turn into a boy. This seemed to satisfy her and she believed it for several years. Then as she got older she began asking my mom to buy her boy's clothes. When my mom asked her why she told her what I had said. My mom told her the truth and now today she can't see why she ever believed me.

Anon

After a fight with my older brother, I threatened him with "You just wait till I grow up and I'm older than you! You'll be sorry!"

DaveC426913

When i was kid i use to think that adults were born in adult form and that they were never kids.
which made me mad because i believed that i would be stuck as a kid forever and never be an adult.
but i was also confused on how adults got out of their mommys bellies.

Emily

When I was 3 years old, I thought that you could switch genders as you grew up. People with dominant personalities would become male adults while people with passive personalities would become female adults.

GothicSoccermom

My brothers friend still thinks he will be a kangaroo when he grows up and he's 9!!!!!

Jane Rom

My little cousin (a girl) used to believe she was a boy at one time before she was a girl and she told me "When I was a boy, I played baseball."

Daryl Lee

When i was a kid i thought i would grow up to be a woman, because i lived with my Mom and my older sister. I reckond all girls would be older and boys younger, so once i said something like: "When i am a girl i'm going to have 3 children..."

Victor Dantas (Lx, Portugal)

Victor Dantas