birthdays

I used to think you could have an extra birthday nine months before your real one, for the day you were conceived before being born.

Anon

I have a sister who is 4 years younger than me; her birthday is on February 2nd and mine is on the 28th.
I used to believe there was something wrong about her birthday coming before mine and every year I used to ask my parents why we celebrated her birthday first!

MissG

I used to think that people with the same birthday were the same age

Tricia

I used to think that i was the oldest kid of my family because my birthday came first

The youngest of kids

I used to think that i was older than my sister because my birthday came first(my birthday is on March 14 and my sister's is on September 17)

birthday boy

I used to think that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wear on your birthday

Bri

I thought that people with the same birthday were always the same age.

Anon

My Grampa is heavily into genealogy and because of that, my sister and I were told that I was related to King Henry the VIIIth and she was related to George Washington since we were very small. She just happens to share a birthday with him as well, so I thought that's why she, and only she in my young mind, was related to him for quite a long time!

Mikey

I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 years

Anon

I used to think my birthday was a national holiday and the whole world celebrated it

アノン

I was born in 1998, but I originally thought I was born in 1999, because of a mistake my first grade teacher made. It was Chinese New Year of 2005, and I was currently 6, but I was about to turn 7 because my birthday is in April. My teacher was telling me and my classmates what animals we were in the Chinese zodiac, and she was unaware that I had not yet had my birthday that year, so she subtracted my current age (6) from the current year (2005), and therefore ended up with 1999. She thought I was a rabbit, but I am actually a tiger. She said she was a rabbit, and I find it a shame that she mistakenly thought she was the same animal as one of her students. Anyway, my mom was the one who eventually told me I was born in 1998, and I argued. So she had me subtract my age from the year. This time, it was after my birthday, so I subtracted 7 from 2005 and got 1998.

Anon

When I was 4 years old, I heard people say that I was 4, and I didn't recall any mention of my age before that. So I thought my age started at 4.

Anon

When I was five years old, I said to the 10-year old neighbor that if he were five years old too, then we'd be twins.

Kim

I used to think my birthday was a holiday everybody celebrated ]w]

Rin

When I was a kid and my birthday was just around the corner, my mom told me that the hospital called and got my birth-year wrong, and that I was in fact a year younger than we thought. I cried for hours before I realized that she would know what year I was born, seeing as she was there.

Anon

When I was little I thought I was the only one who grew. I used to tell my brother, who is two years older than me, that in two years I would be the same age as him.

Anon