Misconceptions You Had as a Child

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  • WillLift4Tats
    WillLift4Tats Posts: 1,699 Member
    I was also afraid of the gingerbread man. I blame my mom's excellent story-telling skills and telling me that once she baked the gingerbread men, she had to place them on a plate very quickly otherwise they'd run away.

    My dolls were alive and could be possessed by the devil. ... I blame this one on Catholicism.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    I thought the gas station guys name was fly .. it wasn't

    I thought coyotes were going to come eat me alive

    I thought marijuana plants were just normal house plants that needed extra help

    I thought poka roo was real
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    When I was really little, I was terrified of the bathtub because I thought that I would get sucked down the drain with the water when my mom pulled out the stopper. Eventually, my mom started putting a bunch of cherries, grapes or whatever in the bathwater. I would jump in to eat them, and then she would grab a hold of me and start scrubbing away. I was also creeped out by Ronald McDonald (I still am).
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    this is actually sad, but when I was young, I thought that people stop lying when they grow up. Boy, was I wrong.

    Ooooo, tough one. Must have had some hurt recently.

    Buck up chica! There are honest people around. All the best.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    Santa was real...

    There - I said it.


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    Wait....what?

    Ahh Crap! Now I have had a prefectly good weekend messed up. Wait till I tell the wife.
  • The_1_Who_Knocks
    The_1_Who_Knocks Posts: 343 Member
    I thought our government was controlled by the people.
  • terem00
    terem00 Posts: 176 Member
    I always thought a "Coin wash" was where you went to wash your coins
    After watching the movie Critters, I thought Critters were under my bed and would never sleep with my leg hanging over the bed.
    I also did the jump from door to the bed because of the sharks or Critters that were out to get me.
    Babies were born in the cabbage patch and my brother came from a Kangaroo...why I have no idea.
  • The_Aly_Wei
    The_Aly_Wei Posts: 844 Member
    I thought our government was controlled by the people.

    Hahaha, oh silly kiddos and their silly ideas.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    I thought the standard place for parents to have sex was in the shower because was the only place I knew of where people would be naked. It never occurred to me that people would actually chose to be naked "on purpose", especially in the bed.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    that arnold did it drug free
  • fitbrit19
    fitbrit19 Posts: 55
    I was watching the news as a kid with my parents and heard a story about a serial killer in our area. So I heard CEREAL, like my favorite breakfast item, and thought that someone was killing people who ate cereal. I was terrified and devastated :embarassed:
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member
    The nightly news terrified me. I thought everything that was happening was happening in my neighborhood. Never did see the war torn areas though.
  • bluestarlight19
    bluestarlight19 Posts: 419 Member
    I used to think that when I closed my eyes and went to sleep that it would just be morning when I opened them again. I didn't know there were hours of nighttime and sleeping in between.
  • pfgaytriot
    pfgaytriot Posts: 238 Member
    I grew up in a small town in WV that wasn't very diverse and thought all black people were bald because the black NBA players I saw on TV were bald. My mind was blown when I learned otherwise.

    I thought women could only get pregnant if they were on their period. This comes from the fact that many people in my neighborhood bred their hunting dogs and when females went into heat that meant they could breed soon.

    My older brother convinced me that the only way to keep monsters from getting me at night was to line the bed with all of my stuffed animals. I did this for a long time.

    Hanging your foot off the bed meant a monster would grab it and pull you under the bed.

    When I would hear of someone getting raped on the news or Lifetime (my mom watch a lot of Lifetime movies), I thought they were being RAKED. Like, I imagined someone was pushing them down and dragging a rake over them.

    I thought all TV shows were real life and I always wanted to call the characters to give them advice on what they should and shouldn't do with their life.

    I thought French kissing was kissing someone on the cheek and wiggling your head back and forth. Anyone who asked me to kiss them on the cheek always got French kissed.
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member
    I used to think cats were for girls and dogs were for boys.
  • 19TaraLynn84
    19TaraLynn84 Posts: 739 Member
    When I'd try to go into my parents' room at night but their door was locked,I thought they were just extra tired that night and didn't want us to wake them. Yeah. Right...
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member

    I thought French kissing was kissing someone on the cheek and wiggling your head back and forth. Anyone who asked me to kiss them on the cheek always got French kissed.

    Seems from this thread girls used to think of french kissing allot more than boys did. Now as adults I think it is the other way around LOL.
  • 19TaraLynn84
    19TaraLynn84 Posts: 739 Member
    I used to think cats were for girls and dogs were for boys.

    I used to think cars were for girls and trucks were for boys.
  • JoelleAnn78
    JoelleAnn78 Posts: 1,492 Member
    That holding hands would get you pregnant...... I was like 9. My little boyfriend grabbed my hand before I had the chance to resist. I spent the next month or so terrified. Then when I didn't get pregnant I figured it wasn't true :ohwell:

    That if a cop followed you for more than three miles they couldn't pull you over -- it would be entrapment at that point. Seriously glad I didn't test THAT theory.:noway:
  • pfgaytriot
    pfgaytriot Posts: 238 Member
    I used to think cats were for girls and dogs were for boys.

    I used to think cars were for girls and trucks were for boys.

    I used to think that only women smoked, despite the fact that my dad smoked. I don't ever remember thinking that my dad was a woman, so I have no clue where this came from.
  • csontos
    csontos Posts: 76 Member
    There's no pretty way of saying this, but I thought having sex meant that you ate the other person's poo and pee.

    Thank god I never said that out loud to anybody... and thank god for the internet for correcting that mistake.
  • Riffraft1960
    Riffraft1960 Posts: 1,984 Member
    Santa was real...

    There - I said it.


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    Whatcha talking about Willis?!?!?!
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member
    I was playing in a quarry ( I know dangerous) and thought I was filthy rich cause I found slate with fools gold on it and it had marble running through it. AS I carried it all home I had dreams I would meet the president cause I was the youngest gold miner. Yeah I was about 10 :embarassed:
  • ooBombshellBeautyoo
    ooBombshellBeautyoo Posts: 232 Member
    That life was easy!
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member
    There's no pretty way of saying this, but I thought having sex meant that you ate the other person's poo and pee.

    Thank god I never said that out loud to anybody... and thank god for the internet for correcting that mistake.

    Wow I thought sex was just laying on top of each other clothes or not. yours is worse hahahah
  • junebaby21
    junebaby21 Posts: 260 Member
    I thought Independence Day (USA) was actually called "the 4th of July". I asked my teacher once when "the 4th of July" was.
  • beertrollruss
    beertrollruss Posts: 276 Member
    I thought I was riding thru the moe-jave(rhyme with dave) desert on the way to California. My Pops still likes to tell that one 34 years later. Heavy 10 year old Georgia accent, "Look, we're in the moe-jave desert!"
  • pfgaytriot
    pfgaytriot Posts: 238 Member
    That when you turned 20 you stopped getting zits.
  • Left4Good
    Left4Good Posts: 304
    An earthquake would release demons from underground
    That all movies i saw were happening in real life
    And alot more that are too embarrassing to put here xD
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  • HedgeHugs
    HedgeHugs Posts: 80
    Lol!

    One misconception that came to mind was courtesy of my puritan mother. I was told that unmarried people are unable to have children. Imagine how embarrassed I was when in 4th grade, one of my classmates said her older sister was pregnant. I of course asked who her husband was. I was told she wasn't married and I of course said it was impossible to be pregnant. The whole class completely lost it. It took several years for that incident to be forgotten by others. Thanks mom!

    OMG! That exact thing happened to me! I thought that you can't have children if you weren't married xD LOL

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