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i used to think my parents spelled my name differently because i was special after i overheard my mum say that she didnt spell my name with the second a so i wouldnt get confused spelling it!
(RACHEL/RACHAEL)
then i met someone else who spelt it my way and it dashed my dreams of having a special name!

I used to believe…

My birthday is Dec 31st. Until I was 7 or so, I used to believe that the New Year's Eve parties around the world were commemorating my birthday. Imagine, billions of people celebrating my birthday!

I used to believe…

My middle name is Wynne, and until I was about 6 I thought it was spelled 'win' and that my parents gave me that name because I was really great and would win at everything!

I used to believe…

I remember a down-filled jacket I had always wanted (you know the large puffy-looking type).

One Christmas Santa brought it for me and I was thrilled until I looked at a label on the jacket that said "outerwear", which I mis-read as "underwear" and I refused to ever put that jacket on. I thought it was ridiculous that anyone would wear underwear outside their clothes to stay warm!

Children�beware of what you ask for� (and always read the tag twice!)

I used to believe…

My birthday is July 4, my parents and grandparents told me that the "fireworks" were set off in honor of my birthday every year. I believed it for the longest time.

I used to believe…

Someone I know (honest!) has his birthday on December 25
and spent a long time believing he was actually Jeseus.

I used to believe that the name "Geoff" was pronounced "Key-off" and that's where they got the name for the guy in 'Battle of the Planets'.

I used to believe that I could tell the time by looking at the clouds and imagining I could see numbers. What I could actually see was the church clock in Audenshaw, and as it stopped a lot my friends were never very impressed with my David Blaine-esque talents.

I used to believe that my birthday was when the new year started and everyone turned a year older on that day. Everyone else just had to wait to get older until my birthday (My birthday's actually in the middle of June).

I believed their was an Indian girl that lived in Canada that had the same birthday as me and was the same age as me, and it was really her in the picture on the birthday card she sent me. Coincidently, my grandfather used to tell be bedtime stories about an Indian girl. Hmm. Unfortunatly, I was a very skeptical child, and soon figured out that my grandfather had bought a birthday card for me while he was in Canada, and written me a letter as if he were the girl. Hence it was in his handwriting. I couldn't have been more than 6.

I used to believe…

When i was in kindergarden, a friend of mine told me multiple lies. One that stood out was that a robber came and tried to rob his house. however he stopped the burgler by beating him up...he told me that he made pee come out of a different hole. When i told my parents this at dinner, they yelled at me.

I used to believe…

My brother's name is Benjamin, so he was always called Ben. Whenever my mom was mad at him, she would say, "Benjamin (last name)!" So for wuite a long time he believed that his middle name was "German".

I used to believe…

When I was little I saw the movie IT. I wouldn't go to the bathroom, or take a shower alone because I thought a clown would come through the water and eat me. Since then I've been afraid of clowns.

I used to believe…

when my daughter was 3 she wanted to learn to spell her name. i told her it was spelled "M-O-N-K-E-Y"... about a year later, she wanted to learn to write it out... i had to 'fess up on that.

I used to believe…

The name 'Emma' was spelt 'M'

I used to believe…

One day when I was 5 or 6, I noticed a strange lump in the pavement. The boys with whom I played convinced me that they had killed and buried my sister there that morning. When I pointed out that my sister was playing at the top of the road, they told me she was just the robot they had made to replace her. I believed them for nearly a week.