Silly things you used to believe

ConKFA319 · April 2011

When I was little, my mom would always say that the house "looks like a bomb hit it."

I honest to God believed that a "Bomhittit" was a material thing, and I wondered what the heck it was and why I'd never seen one.

jasmineh7777 · April 2011

Koda, our parents really weren't doing us an favors, were they?

Okay, I'm heading to bed. Goodnight my ill-informed friends!

SereJane · April 2011

Hahah, butt pimples!

Night Jas!

ConKFA319 · April 2011

This is completely off topic, but Sere, I love your sig. You guys are so cute

arwo · April 2011

When I was growing up, I thought you couldn't flush the toilet in the middle night, or the house would explode. I don't know why.

I don't think I had any weird misconceptions about sex, though. I asked my parents where babies came from when I was three, and they filled me in right then and there. I can't really remember not knowing about sex.

SereJane · April 2011

Ah, thank you! You and your H look pretty freaking fantastic in yours

SereJane · April 2011

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[QUOTE]When I was growing up, I thought you couldn't flush the toilet in the middle night, or the house would explode. I don't know why. I don't think I had any weird misconceptions about sex, though. I asked my parents where babies came from when I was three, and they filled me in right then and there. I can't really remember not knowing about sex.
Posted by arwo[/QUOTE]

See, that's what I want to do with my kids. If they ask, I'll tell them, in an age-appropriate way of course.

arwo · April 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Silly things you used to believe : See, that's what I want to do with my kids. If they ask, I'll tell them, in an age-appropriate way of course.
Posted by SereJane[/QUOTE]

I honestly think it was a good way to do it, at least for me and my sister. Based on everyone's stories, it is apparently REALLY easy to have major misconceptions about the way things work. I don't understand why people think that it's bad to tell kids what's what.

SereJane · April 2011

I agree. I hate the idea of purposely misleading my kids about something so normal and part of life, as well.

ConKFA319 · April 2011

I actually had a professor in college who referred to penises (penii? how does this work?) as "winkies." Repeatedly. She also chuckled when she said it.

dragonwagon · April 2011

I used to believe that you could either pray for a baby or have sex to have a baby. And only bad people had sex to have babies!

In 3rd grade upon finding out our teacher was expecting, a 5th grader made a lewd comment on the playground about her having sex. Me and my girlfriends cried, claiming she was a good person and she would never do something like that! God gave her that baby because she prayed for it, duh!

sarah0725 · April 2011

When I was about kindergarten age, I didn't really understand the point of war, so I figured that the reason George Washington wanted to kill the British was because he was planning to eat them.

I also once had a Playmobil set that came with a grown-up lady, a little girl, and some furniture, but no male character. I went and asked my mom if it was possible for a lady to have a baby if she didn't have a husband, and she said, "Well, sometimes," so I told her that's what my Playmobil lady had done.

thesuninherhead · April 2011

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[QUOTE]When I was about kindergarten age, I didn't really understand the point of war, so I figured that the reason George Washington wanted to kill the British was because he was planning to eat them.
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE] Oh my gosh, that is hilarious!I wish I could recall all of the ridiculous things I believed as a child... but alas, my memory fails me. I do know, though, that I had 'the talk' complete with the 'Where did I come from?' book at an early enough age to never be clueless on sex. Ditto with the 'What's happening to my body?' book being read/explained to me a couple of years later. I can understand why parents might shy away from having those discussions- but at the same time, it's so important to give kids accurate information on their bodies, if for no other reason than to allow them to know what is and isn't ok for others to do/touch etc. It's not something I believed, but I once managed to convince my brother that I controlled the sun (which is ironic given my s/n here!). Whenever we were in the car and about to go around a corner, I'd say, 'sun, move!'. I'd then tease him when the sun was on his side on hot days. I had him believing this for months, until he finally got sick of it and angrily told my mother to make the me move the sun. Alas, my cover was blown! haha. My brother and I also managed to convince my little sister that 'gullible' meant cool. Again, my mother corrected that one after my sister started insisting that Mum call her Gullible. We were particularly cruel siblings!

mehgank · April 2011

Let's see, well I used to believe that women had one breast full of milk and one breast full of OJ, because whenever we had big family breakfasts, those were always what we drank. So, I figured that's what babies drank too. I was very concerned about my little brother receiving a balance diet, apparently.

I also used to believe that whenever you bonked your head on something, you lost brain cells, so I used to be very paranoid about hitting my head on things. I demanded a helmet for my 9th birthday, otherwise, I refused to learn how to ride a bike.

[Deleted User] · April 2011

Someone told me as a kid that when you jump on a trampoline your brain gets jostled around and can make you brain damaged. Ever since then I've had a hard time on them because I'm convinced I can feel my brain jiggling in my head. Which sucks, because trampolines are awesome.

I was also convinced as a kid that I had magical powers. My mother never refuted it and instead let me believe I was telepathic, I blame her for my frequent inability to distringuish reality from fiction.

LesPaul · April 2011

Jas - Santa really does talk to God. 8-)

I also thought you had to be married to have a baby. And I thought that black people had tan lines (I asked a friend once if he was really black all over. I thought his butt would be white like mine). I was pretty naive.

I had my daughter convinced for a long time that the world used to be black and white. Old TV shows were black and white because there was no color - it wasn't invented until the 60s, and that's when we got color TV and movies. She's still angry that I had her going for a couple of years on that one.

LessThanZero · April 2011

I used to think that Chinese people spoke Spanish. Yeah. Don't know where that came from.

I also used to think that "getting fired" from a job meant that you were literally set on fire. My mom told me how my aunt got fired from her job when I was around 6 and I immediately started panicking. When my mom asked what was wrong and I told her, she had a good laugh and explained to me.

Meg1979 · April 2011

I thought you could get pregnant from kissing, too. I was also seriously confused when my best friend's aunt was pregnant and wasn't showing. I didn't get why she didn't have a bump yet.

anna.oskar · April 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Silly things you used to believe : It's not something I believed, but I once managed to convince my brother that I controlled the sun (which is ironic given my s/n here!). Whenever we were in the car and about to go around a corner, I'd say, 'sun, move!'. I'd then tease him when the sun was on his side on hot days. I had him believing this for months, until he finally got sick of it and angrily told my mother to make the me move the sun. Alas, my cover was blown! haha.
Posted by thesuninherhead[/QUOTE]

I convinced my younger sister of the same thing! i would watch the clouds coming and as one covered the sun, I would say "let there be darkness" and then "let there be light" as the sun reemerged. The poor girl.

Sweded · April 2011

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[QUOTE]I'm vindictive. If something happens to me, I want my husband to PINE.
Posted by jasmineh7777[/QUOTE]

LOL! This! Maybe not forever...just a decade or two. He had better not find another mother for my dog!

mehgank · April 2011

Oh, I also used to believe that since I have a birthmark on my butt cheek, that that's where everyone's birthmarks were supposed to be (just like how your ears are on your head). I was fascinated that my brother had a birthmark on his knee.

And I used to believe that there was a little devil living inside the vent on the floor of my grandmother's trailer. It was literally in the center of her floor, which is really odd, but yeah, my cousin had me so afraid to even look inside that vent.

Wrkn925 · April 2011

My kid sister didn't go to presechool and went straight to kindergarten. I had her convinced that when she got to her last year of high school, they would make her go back and repeat it. Sadly, she was 7, I was 20. I pick on her a little...

When I was little, I found Mom's stash of feminine products. I asked her what they were, she said 'batteries.' She was often guilty of telling me a short answer just to make me shut up. It bit her on the ass a few months later. Her and some friends got together to play Taboo. They were looking for batteries for the buzzer. I, of coruse, knew where to find some.

Denise91980 · April 2011

When I was little I thought I would have nightmares if I ate pickles before I went to sleep and that a watermelon would grow in my stomach if I swallowed the seeds...that was thanks to my mom.

My sisters told me I was an alien and they were given the wrong sibling!

The best is that I swore that Kenny G would sing ( I am still waiting on that one..lol)

SereJane · April 2011

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[QUOTE]When I was little, I found Mom's stash of feminine products. I asked her what they were, she said 'batteries.' She was often guilty of telling me a short answer just to make me shut up. It bit her on the ass a few months later. Her and some friends got together to play Taboo. They were looking for batteries for the buzzer. I, of coruse, knew where to find some.
Posted by Wrkn925[/QUOTE]

Oh that is too funny!

achiduck · April 2011

Um, that santa was real? I don't think I actually had any "silly" beliefs.

anna.oskar · April 2011

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[QUOTE]Um, that santa was real? I don't think I actually had any "silly" beliefs.
Posted by achiduck[/QUOTE]

i think it's ridiculously silly that you think Santa is NOT real.

proof:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS01fBjJK5k" rel='nofollow'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS01fBjJK5k</a>

OBX2011 · April 2011

My sister told me for the longest time that I was adopted!! I believed her for a few years and then figured out she was just being a mean-as-hell older sister so then I finally told her obvioulsy she wasnt good enough so they had me and found perfection and just stopped there.

Geeez we terrorized the hell outta each other when we were kids.....we are as thick as thieves now

akenny · April 2011

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[QUOTE]I used to think epitome was pronounced the way it looks (epi-tome) and it and epi-to-me were two different words that just meant the same thing.
Posted by Anysunrise[/QUOTE]

I thought this up until like 3 years ago when I literally said "epi-tome" and my friend was like "uhh what?" lol

jaycee7389 · April 2011

one of my best friends (who passed away last year, r.i.p.) and i were having a conversation about the nuva ring and she asked me "so you have to take it out every time you pee right?" and i really didn't understand what she meant so i said "well no, why would you?" and she said "well wouldn't it keep the pee from coming out?" and i was like "woahhh wait you realize those are separate holes right? how did you think you pee when you have a tampon in?" and she thought i was the one kidding now and said "idk, i just figured they were specially made to know the difference between pee and blood so the pee just went around it"..

oh dear god. she was in her 20s also, mind you. one of my favorite memories of her

she also proceeded to call a few other friends to find out if i was joking or not.

ArmyofUs · April 2011

I also believed I was an alien and that I was from "planet read a lot." I looked nothing like my mom, dad, or any of my siblings. I also had none of the same interests. They also told me I was a boy alien and the only way they could make me look human was to turn me into a girl. I believed that for a few months...then I started crying during dinner and asked my mom what I looked like before the surgery.

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