Childish Misconceptions

[golfgal]

I thought that when you got married, the man had to be older then the woman--all of my parent's friends had men that were older, so that was a logical conclusion for a little kid (my dh is 5 1/2 months older then I am ).

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

After an explanation on babies from my mom i had the idea that babies came out a freckle on your butt that got bigger and bigger.

Thought cats were female and dogs were male.

DS3 was extremely worried when we explained Dad had to go to work or he would be "fired".

 

[minniepumpernickel]

My neice thinks that the fish in my aquarium get up in the middle of the night and jump out of the tank, and dance around the room! Everytime she comes to visit she immediately says, "Lets go upstairs". She stares at the tank waiting for the fish to jump out and do a jig!

 

[The Wolf]

LOL@Minniepumpernickel.

Another one from a cousin's youth.

When he was 6 he was playing out front of my Auntie's house in their quiet little road. Next door were having some building work done and he was fascinated by them. They gave him a few broken bricks and some cement to keep him occupied. This went on for a week and he would go out every day to "work" with his friends.

Anyway come the end of the week the builders all had a little whip round and gave him a little wage packet. He proudly walked in to the kitchen and decalred to my auntie "look I got money". Playing along she said " that's very good, are you working next week" to which the angelic faced little fella replied "yes if the F-in bricks turn up".

A real classic in our family and one he still gets ribbed about now at age 22.

 

[Val]

I lived in Seattle growing up (still wish I was there). My best friend was Japanese and I am not. We liked to pretend we were "twins". I was convinced that we were both "caucasian" and that "asian" was just short for "caucasian"- and that made us just alike. Now, mind you I am a red haired (before the gray!), fair skinned and freckled first generation American with Irish/Polish parents and she was first generation American with Japanese parents- but we thought we were "twins" and we tried to dress alike whenever we could. We both got in a big fight with our third grade teacher over the asian vs. caucasian issue- She couldn't stop laughing as I remember.

 

[AmazingGrace]

I used to watch channel 7 eyewitness news every single night. I thought that Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutell were talking to ME and would be bitterly disappointed if i wasn't there.
One time, we were watching the ball fall down in times square, and my dad popped the cork on a champagne bottle. I thought the cork was "the ball" and eagerly awaited the ball to fall through our ceiling the next new year.

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

The Wolf -that one is hilarious!

 

[tkd lisa]

I also thought that if you didn't turn the tv on during the day, whatever was on when you left would still be playing (sort of like a video, but this was WAY before vcrs!)

And I thought the "No Passing Zone" sign meant that you weren't supposed to go any farther. I told my Grandparents "Daddy breaks the law all the time." Took them forever to figure out what I was talking about!

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Who truly thought that the Romper Room teacher could REALLY see you if she said your name?

When I was 10, my sister was getting married. I was not into mushy-gushy romance, so I was not a little girl who fantasized about my wedding day. I knew NOTHING about weddings. So one day, during a busy planning day, my 9yo sister asked my mom if dad was going to give Donna away. I dropped my juice! And started crying! WHO was he GIVING her away to??? WHY was dad giving Donna away???? Oh, it was terrible. Then, at her reception, I did not understand the going away circle. I was near panic again, because her she was, hugging everyone and saying good-bye. I thought she was leaving forever. I was on the verge of tears, my my 8yo sister beat me to the punch, and burst out crying. When everyone found out it was because she thought she would never see her again, and they burst out in laughter, I swalllowed my lump real fast!

Also, all growing up, when I would see the side of the road sign that says CAUTION BLIND DRIVE... I thought whoever was driving needed to be real careful, because somewhere, a blind person was driving!!!!

I could not figure out why people got married on Saturdays and Sundays. I asked my mom once, and explained they have to get married on Wednesdays, because of WED being in the name.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

These are great!!! Wish I could come up with some!!!

 

[pw2pp]

Thought cats were female and dogs were male.

Oh my gosh, I used to think the same thing

 

[MinnieM21]

I lived in Seattle growing up (still wish I was there). My best friend was Japanese and I am not. We liked to pretend we were "twins". I was convinced that we were both "caucasian" and that "asian" was just short for "caucasian"- and that made us just alike. Now, mind you I am a red haired (before the gray!), fair skinned and freckled first generation American with Irish/Polish parents and she was first generation American with Japanese parents- but we thought we were "twins" and we tried to dress alike whenever we could. We both got in a big fight with our third grade teacher over the asian vs. caucasian issue- She couldn't stop laughing as I remember.

 

[figment52]

I used to think I was Chinese because my name is Kim.

I alwyas thought "Kim" was Korean

 

[luvmydogs]

I alwyas thought "Kim" was Korean

Aaaaaaack! But I wasn't PC at six years old!

 

[icebrat001]

 

[Parkhopper]

We have always been very careful about which movies we will allow DS10 to watch growing up because of content. He went into his Kindergarten teacher and told her that he was not allowed to watch adult movies like
Mom and Dad. I guess we should have been clearer in our descriptions of what was appropriate and not appropriate!

Suzi

 

[Hillbeans]

I'm almost to embarassed to admit this but here goes...

I used to think that if my brother and I used the bathroom for # 1 after each other, and one of us didn't flush the toilet, that we'd make a baby......

ha ha...I was really dumb.

 

[luvmydogs]

I'm almost to embarassed to admit this but here goes...

I used to think that if my brother and I used the bathroom for # 1 after each other, and one of us didn't flush the toilet, that we'd make a baby......

ha ha...I was really dumb.

OMG! I'm laughing so hard I'm going to pee! Oh wait...I'd better not!

 

[laurajetter]

I was Catholic when I was little and I remember preparing for my first Holy Communion. I had always thought that the bread communion wafer was made out of the the cream filling from Oreo cookies; it was white, and about the same size.

Much to my disgust, I found out they were thin, papery, flavorless discs that disintegrated slimily in your mouth. Yuck!

 

[btass]

I used to think that Disney World was down the street from Caldors (department store) in the town that I grew up in.

When we came out of the Caldor Parking lot and turned left, it was the top of a hill and you could just see the top of the Conde Naste printing building. To me it looked just like part of Cinderella's Castle. I always asked my mom if we could go to disney and she would always say no. That is until the day I said "why not? it's just up the street mommy!" She was rolling after that one!

I also thought the moon followed me around. That's a great one, I think every kid has thought! My DS 6 just asked me about that the other night!