Misconceptions You Had as a Child

Mine is really weird. I thought only women went #2 in the bathroom because it was practice for childbirth.

I thought boogers were old memories that were forgotten.

I thought warm water kept you from having nightmares (my father told me that so I wouldn't be afraid of the dark)

I thought the moon watched over children and reported to santa so he could make the naughty/nice list

I thought ice cream was healthy for you because it contained dairy (not saying ice cream is bad for you but I wanted to eat whole cartons thinking it was good for my health)

I thought sweating burned calories and so I would sit in my attic in the summer thinking I'd lose actual fat (I was a chubby kid and one summer I was sweating and my cousin said "Oh you're sweating calories!" I'm thinking she knew no better than I did)

I thought the time pregnancy occured was dependent on if you were a "good" person or not. For example if you were "bad" you got pregnant before adulthood and if you were "good" you got pregnant once you were married.( I was born out of a wedlock and my family sometimes bad mouthed my mother about it, I suppose I got the concept somewhere from that)

I thought rainbows were make believe. I was so amazed when I saw my first one!

That the piece of fat in the top of the Pork and Beans was actually a marshmellow...figured that one out real quick. BLEH

I thought the care bears really did live in the clouds. Boy was I disappointed when we flew to Disney World and I didn't see a single one.

I thought that a Condo and a Condom were the same thing - and when people would talk about condos I was confused - especially with terms like "condo sized sofa".

My mom referred to the Cosby's as blacks - and I asked her what she meant, and she said because of their skin colour. I hadn't even realized that their skin wasn't the same pigment as mine. :mind blown:

My older sister made me watch Children of the Corn once. After that I thought that if I went in a cornfield something really, really bad was going to happen and I would never make it home again. (my house was surrounded by cornfields, took quite awhile to get over this one!).

I had never seen a cornfield in real life until after watching Children of the Corn. That summer we went to visit family in Indiana was the worst summer vacation I can remember of my childhood.

I thought that a Condo and a Condom were the same thing - and when people would talk about condos I was confused - especially with terms like "condo sized sofa".

My little sister told my mom once that they should move into a condo so I could practice safe sex :laugh:

I used to think the weight limit on bridge signs shown in tons was the same as pounds. I knew our family & car weighed more than that. I was just sure that we would die on a bridge.

Also, I stuck a bunch of my mom's maxi pads on her car window one time because I thought they were just weird looking stickers.

I should tell my mom to be thankful... I just stuck maxi pads all over the bathroom door, not her window.

I thought clouds were made by air planes :laugh: I grew up in the middle of nowhere so the only proof of air planes I had was the little puffs they left behind so naturally as a small child I was convinced air planes made clouds

I also thought everyone in the world waved at each other, drove trucks, and wore cowboy hats & boots it wasn't until I moved to the city that I realized that, that was a complete misconception :laugh: there I was 17 years old wearing a cowboy hat & boots and waving at everyone and couldn't for the life of me figure out why people were looking at me so weird and asking do I know you :laugh: :blushing: I'm still embarrassed by that :blushing: :laugh: