Misconceptions You Had as a Child

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  • WonderfullyPeachy
    WonderfullyPeachy Posts: 79
    I thought that when you left your room, your toys came to life and began playing.

    I wonder where I got the idea from...thanks Toy Story :')

    I also thought that the sky would fall down one day soon an everybody would then die, because Angelica from Rugrats said so.

    And then there was me, letting my rabbits out of the hutch into a the open garden, placing my *magic* blanket onto them, using my wand and saying 'Izzy Wizzy, Dizzy-Appeary' then turning around to find out that they were gone (and never returned). This is a prime example of my magic, guys. ????????????
  • tmaryam
    tmaryam Posts: 289 Member
    When I was about 4, my older sister asked who I was going to marry when I grew up. I sat there coloring with crayons and casually said, "Daddy." Because to me, marriage just meant living with the person you love, and my dad was the only man I loved. :blushing: My sister yelled "You can't marry your DAD!" and I realized I must have said something bad. I looked up at my dad, he never looked up from the dinner table, and I felt my face getting hot and flushed. I looked at my mom, and she simply said, "That's ok, lots of little girls think that." From that point on, I knew there must be more to marriage than just loving someone (but I didn't know what!) :laugh:
  • sadiebrawl
    sadiebrawl Posts: 863 Member
    I really thought friendships lasted forever like in movies i watched.
  • WillLift4Tats
    WillLift4Tats Posts: 1,699 Member
    Every limo contained a celebrity!
  • tlcarolinagirl
    tlcarolinagirl Posts: 1,700 Member
    I really thought that if I was bad one more time, my parents would make good on their promise to send me to reform school. **shrugs** I was scurrrrrred.
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  • siport
    siport Posts: 7,429 Member
    that the alien on the front of my bike will make us fly over the cop cars.....

    alas we crashed!
  • LosinItAll2012
    LosinItAll2012 Posts: 238 Member
    I used to think cats were for girls and dogs were for boys.

    A friend of mine thought that ALL cats were female...and ALL dogs were male!
  • leadslinger17
    leadslinger17 Posts: 297 Member
    I used to watch my dad steer our car as a kid and see his hand make all these little movements holding the steering wheel and wonder how he knew to make all these little adjustments just to stay in a straight line. Figured I'd never be able to drive. Turns out we just had a crappy old car with bad alignment and roads with potholes :-p
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    I used to think my parents were brother and sister.

    (No, they are not).
  • addokai
    addokai Posts: 68 Member
    My Uncle convinced me I could grow a fish in the backyard garden like a tree. I also argued with my brother that babies came from number 2 after pregnancy when I was about 6. Awwww pathetic!
  • The_Iron_Beast
    The_Iron_Beast Posts: 66
    I thought that grown ups were smart. How wrong I was.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Every limo contained a celebrity!

    There are grown-ups who still think this! A friend of mine rented a limo for our girls' night out, and these people were standing outside waiting to see who came out. We were in the Hamptons though, maybe that's a thing there.
  • MuscleAndMascara
    MuscleAndMascara Posts: 1,260 Member
    If you're choking, put your arm up,

    That everyone loved dogs.

    If you didn't put your thumb up going over a cattle gaurd your truck would brake down.

    That I couldn't wait to grow up.

    Sasquatch was real.

    Blankets protected you from everything!
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    I thought cars could fly if you hit a jump fast enough
    They do. There was in old railroad crossing in my town, at the bottom of a hill, called "The Jumps". They smoothed it out many years ago, but i have seen many-a-car catch air on those tracks.
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
    -I used to think that the military base was Disney land... (up until the age of like 10)
    - I used to call my big sister Annie- even though her name was Vanessa. lol... up until the age of 10 also..
    - I used to think Sinbad was Freddy Kruger for some strange reason.. don't judge me I was 5-6 lol...


    those are a few that I can remember :)
  • Rivers2k
    Rivers2k Posts: 380 Member
    -I used to think that the military base was Disney land... (up until the age of like 10)
    - I used to call my big sister Annie- even though her name was Vanessa. lol... up until the age of 10 also..
    - I used to think Sinbad was Freddy Kruger for some strange reason.. don't judge me I was 5-6 lol...


    those are a few that I can remember :)

    My son calls my daughter Lala her name is Lydia we think it is the cutest I hope it sticks.
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
    College was going to be amazing because people take you seriously when you're an adult and that everyone over 18 wears dress clothes/work clothes all the time because that's what you do when you're a grown up.

    Also, everyone in high school in movies look like they're in their 20s so I thought I was going to look grown up when I got to age 16 or so... Going on 24 and I'm still waiting for that to happen :laugh:
  • Ramen237
    Ramen237 Posts: 264 Member
    That learning stuff in school was going to help me get a good job as an adult, and have a "nice life"

    That grandma and grandpa were going to live forever (because why not?)

    That the house and the yard were going to stay gigantic and interesting forever (not true - only until I became taller, then everything turned out to be much smaller in size and much less exciting)

    That boy and girl junk looked the same (I thought this when I was very little)

    That if you concentrated hard enough, you could move objects with your mind. I even practiced doing this, needless to say, I failed ;)

    That when I grow up, I'm going to own a pony... I honestly had no idea how expensive caring for a large animal really is (boarding, feed, tack, training, shoes, vet, daily care, exercise...).
  • Hunnib23
    Hunnib23 Posts: 61 Member
    My mom told me cottage cheese was ice cream. I was the only one that didn't get excited for the ice cream man.
  • Hunnib23
    Hunnib23 Posts: 61 Member
    My mom told me cottage cheese was ice cream. I thought I was the only one that didn't get excited for the ice cream man.
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    I thought if you worked hard, went to college (and got good grades in school), and were a good person, you'd be successful in life.

    Whomp, whomp, whoooooomp....
  • Wanting3
    Wanting3 Posts: 48
    I used to think the long hangy down thing on a bull was his belly button....
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    i truly 100% believed that my parents had all the answers to all of my questions and uncertainties. I'm embarrassed to admit the age i was when it became abundantly clear to me that they don't.

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