What is the craziest thing you believed to be true as a kid?

tross0924

That to steer a car you had to wildly swing the wheel from side to side and that would make you go straight. Hey that's how bugs bunny drove!

miranda_mom

When I was four, I was a flower girl in my aunt's wedding. My grandfather, whose quite a joker, told me that if I farted while we were all standing up at the altar, blue streaks would come out of my butt and everyone would see them. I was totally terrified that I would fart during the wedding.

njmp

That there were monkeys in my closet, which, of course, made me terrified of monkeys. I found out only a couple of years ago that the screaming monkey noises I insisted were coming from my closet, were, in fact, my brothers, hiding in my closet, making screaming monkey noises. Apparently there was a hole in the closet leading to the hallway, so when my parent(s) would run into my room, they would sneak out, and tada! No monkeys in the closet. Lol. *kitten*.:blushing:

Erindipitous

If you crossed your eyes long enough, they'd get stuck.

That flowers bloomed in seconds. (like the time-lapses I'd see on TV)

That you got pregnant from kissing.

With that said, I used to think "pregnant" was a bad word.

I also used to believe that if you put an egg in the microwave, you'd hatch a baby chick. I discovered this not to be true one day when I made a nice little bed for my little chick, picked out a name, and then watched the microwave door blow open and pieces of egg disperse across the counters, cabinets, and floor.

autumnk921

My mother called them "Lie bumps" and when you get a popped out taste bud on your tongue and it hurts really bad, my mom would say oh you must have told a lie. I believed that well into my teens : D

This: My grandma & grandpa would say I must have told a lie b/c I had a little bump on my tongue...I would get mad b/c I would get them & knew I hadn't told a lie...I believed this til I was early 20's...duh

I believed that Mickey Mouse, Pokey Little puppy & a whole lot of cartoons were real b/c I had the record player with books so I got to hear them talking or barking or whatever & I would cry b/c I wanted to figure out how to get into the book with them...

I also believed that ALL dolls came to life at night & clowns too...Thanks to Poltergeist & Puppet Master....I still get spooked by clowns & dolls - especially porcelain ones b/c they have such scary faces...Freaky!!

I used to believe that I was a witch & could tell the future...I also had my friends convinced as well...Crazy huh??

bregalad5

Both my sister and I were adopted (we're not biological sisters), and my sister is 3 years younger than me. Well, I recall going to the DMV with my mom (I later found out she had taken me with her to renew her license), and I also went with her to the adoption agency, which happened to be in the same building as the DMV. Since I was only 3, I made the connection that they were in the same building, so I was completely and utterly convinced that we adopted my sister from the DMV, ha ha ha.

I still tease her about being from the DMV to this day.

Edit: I also thought that TV shows were real life, and couldn't figure out how the cameramen knew when to start recording the funny things that happened to the families. This is the first time I've ever admitted that! I never asked anyone when I was a kid. I've always tried to figure things out on my own, even when I was little :laugh:

HauteP1nk

That if you swallowed watermelon seeds you'd grow a watermelon in your belly!

SomeMorr

I wasn't a little kid ( I was like in 8th grade when the movie came out) but I was convinced for a while that my life was actually being broadcast like the Truman Show.

Kenzietea2

I thought the term "you could be whatever you want to be" literally meant 'anything'. So I wanted to be shamu, a fairy, and a power ranger.

Perisylpha

I believed my stuffed animals protected me when I slepted. :ohwell:

I believed that too! They made me feel more secure anyway. I was a very nervous child.

lilac67

If you crossed your eyes long enough, they'd get stuck.

My mom told me this......years later when I was about 27......I was working as an optiician, a little boy came to the window crossing his eyes . He kept doing it for a long time. I said to a man I worked with, man that kid"s eyes will stick like that. He asked what I just said and I said you know, your eyes stick like that and they have to take your eye out and lay it on your face to untangle all the nerves and muscles. He asked me to wait for him, he left and brought back the eye doctor and asked me to repeat what I told him, I asked why, he already knew. They asked me to repeat it and I did. when I finished, they asked me where I heard that and I said my mom. They busted into wild laughter. At which point I asked, I suppose a sump pump won"t really suck you underground, hu?

When I stopped at my mom"s to pick my dauhgter up after work I thanked her, I relayed the whole stupid conversation to her. She thought it was the funniest thing heard and asked me if I was still waiting for the toothfairy. LOL, I sure miss her!

Perisylpha

My parents used to tell me that if I ate an apple core I would get appendicitis from the seeds, if I picked my nose I would lose my finger, if I kept biting my nails I'd wear them down to my elbows, if I pulled a face and the wind changed direction I would stay that way, or that Jesus would come back to earth and possibly turn up in my bedroom (I lay awake all the time sweating and trembling over that one!!) I always thought that disembodied hands would come up the sides of my bed and strangle me, so I always tried to sleep with my head under the covers...or make a dash for the light switch. Why do all parents make their kids sleep in the dark!? I would/have never imposed that on my children.
Oh and the best and most stupid of all, babies arrive under gooseberry bushes, by stork or by God putting a seed in your food that grows into a baby in your stomach...sheesh.

Sp1nGoddess

I didn't realize that hockey players & football players wore pads. I thought they all had huge muscles!

Bankman1989

As a kid I used to think Balck and white tv showswere the way they actually looked..lol.That everything was in black and white.

I ALSO believe(d) that I was from Krypton and had super powers like Superman. I am STILL convinced however

Mgregory723

If you make a nasty face it will freeze and stay that way forever, the boogie man and the man on the moon

dyannajoy

I thought everyone lived until they were 100 years old and died face-down while blowing out their birthday candles. No joke.

OH MY GOODNESS.........I have not laughed that hard in a long time!!!!:laugh:

wbgolden

My older brothers and sisters always told me that cotton candy "disappeared" overnight.

I'll never forgive them for eating MY cotton candy and just leaving the paper cone thingy behind.

amnsetie

I know about cats being girls and dogs being boys
Also about seeds growing in your tummy, for me it was grapes.
Here's one no-one else has said in this thread

I used to think there was something like an invisible string on your back and when you went somewhere it would roll out. If you walked back over exactly the same track on your way home you would get your string back. If you walked another way or around a pole the string would not be recovered. You only had so much string then you would die.

dyannajoy

oh mygosh stop already!!!! I am dying from laughter.......seriously one of the funniest threads I have read in forever...........oh how I needed this today!! thank you ALL.........

CaseRat

Mum convinced me that if I was pulling a funny face, sticking out my tongue or something like that, and then the wind changed direction, my face would be stuck like that forever!

SomeMorr

As a kid I used to think Balck and white tv showswere the way they actually looked..lol.That everything was in black and white.

Even now when I see old news footage that is in Black and White, I sometimes forget that they had colors back then.

2Bgoddess

as small kids, my brother and I were convinced that if someone unscrewed your belly button, your bum would fall off.

that every grown up man had false teeth

that when cats stretch out their paws up a wall or door frame, they are looking for ghosts (wtf)

jennlove79

I was told by the father of a friend that eating shrimp is how you get pregnant but that it only worked on girls...shrimp looked like a baby fetus so I believed it...


and if you ran really fast and lifted your feet, you could fly forever

TrailRunner61

When I was a kid I got into a bottle of cherry flavored vitamins and probably ate a dozen because they tasted like candy. When my mom saw how many were missing she said whoever ate them would probably be dead by the time they are 20. I knew I did it and every time I had a birthday I was terrified because I was getting closer to 20 and it would be the end of me!

I was also terrified of the sump pump. I thought it was the deepest hole in the world and it scared the hell out of me. Then one day it overflowed and I was beyond terrified. I still have nightmares about that.

I also feared toilets and then the septic tank overflowed! That added even more nightmares. I guess plumbing in general. lol

My grandfather always told me that if I ate the crust on bread, I'd grow hair on my chest. I hated the thought of that. Eww He also told me that if I swallowed watermelon seeds and ate without washing my hands, I'd grow one in my belly.

My brother used to grab my ankles from under the basement stairs and had me believing that some 'man' lived under there and that he was the one doing it. I STILL run up the stairs. I still hate him for that.

Now I'm wondering why everyone was so mean. lol

Articeluvsmemphis

I thought the families on t.v. were like "real" families :huh:

Steve_Runs

Ok, this is gonna sound really stupid, but here it goes. My mom had polio as a child. She was in a wheelchair my whole life. She has this stiff leg from when they removed her knee. Well, there was this 'hole' where the incision was. I was told that is where I came from. Right from that hole. For years that's what I thought. To many years for me to admit too. So yep, that is the craziest thing I believed as a kid!

hapoo100

Ok, this is gonna sound really stupid, but here it goes. My mom had polio as a child. She was in a wheelchair my whole life. She has this stiff leg from when they removed her knee. Well, there was this 'hole' where the incision was. I was told that is where I came from. Right from that hole. For years that's what I thought. To many years for me to admit too. So yep, that is the craziest thing I believed as a kid!

lol, parents told us everything to avoid saying how babies were born. My parents told us that women save up money in their belly and when they have enough, they go buy a baby.

marathon64

My daughter's friend told her her American Girl doll would come to life during the night and shoot her with a gun. Nice. She no longer wanted the doll after that.

Trail_Addict

That my parents loved each other. :sad: :sad: :sad:

wbgolden

That my parents loved each other. :sad: :sad: :sad:

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