My child used to believe......

[marciemi]

She told me that when the ice cream truck played music, it meant they were all out of ice cream. You know when I figured out this wasn't true? IN COLLEGE!!! We were in the dorm room when we heard the ice cream truck and my friend said "oh I'll run down and get us all ice cream!" and my response was "no, when they play music, they're all out!" My friends never let me live that one down!

I love this one! Can't believe we never thought of that with our kids. At our old house, we lived within a mile of 3 ice cream stores. We convinced them when they were young that you weren't allowed to drive to an ice cream store unless you lived more than a mile away so we ALWAYS walked or biked there. The kids would see other people pull in and we'd always say "wow, they must live far away!"

A few more for me growing up - I remember in first grade we got a letter in school and the teacher read where it was from, including the zip code - which was the EXACT same as mine! Obviously I had no clue more than one family could have the same zip. I was so excited I couldn't even listen to the letter and as soon as I ran home from school, I burst in and asked my mom why she'd written a letter to my class!

Another concern I had about that time was regarding Santa. I was really, really worried that there really wasn't a Santa Claus, but no one would ever tell me because they'd figure I already knew and then when I had kids of my own, Christmas would come and they wouldn't get anything! This worried me for at least a couple Christmases!

The last one was one of my sons. Both DH and I have worn contact lenses since we were teens, so the kids had always seen us take them out, etc. At some point I mentioned to my son (then around 10) something about if he wore contacts later in life, etc. He looked blank and asked how he could wear contacts. I didn't understand what he meant until he explained that he thought contacts were something you were born with - either you had them or you didn't!!

 

[cinderellascastle29]

I used to wonder why my mom never used checks to pay all of the time because I never realized the store would then take money out of your checking account, I just thought once you wrote the check that was it! My aunt used to tell my cousins that the car didn't start until everyones seatbelts were clicked in, I think that's a great idea! They believed it for years.

 

[Bastiansmom]

When I was little, probably under 4-5, the preacher at my church was a man in his mid 30s who had long brown hair, and a beard and mustache.
Do you see where this is going?.......

Yep, I thought he was Jesus!!

I remember thinking it was really neat to go hear Jesus talk!!!

We got a new preacher when I was about 5-6, and then I figured it out, but for a while I was really impressed.

 

[natcat117]

When I was little I used to think Santa's elves would make toys (like Barbies) but had to buy the boxes they came in from Mattel and other companies. I came up with anything to keep myself believing!

When Selena Quintanilla died I thought my godmother was the one who killed her. The woman who shot Selena was named Yolanda, so in my mind there was only one Yolanda in the world. For years I secretly didn't like my godmother because she had killed my favorite singer!

Every week at church I used to think Communion was the real body of Christ. It sort of freaked me out.

 

[IDoDis]

When DS was around 3 or 4 years old, he started looking a lot like DH. When he heard us say that he got DH's genes, he used to think he was wearing the same exact blue jeans that used to belong to DH when he was a kid.

When I was a kid I used to think that going out of business furniture liquidation sales meant that whatever furniture didn't get sold during the sale would get put in a machine and ground up into a fine dust that would then be mixed with some liquid to make newer, better furniture!

 

[jg121285]

When I was little I believed the following movies to be based on a true story:
Rocky
Forrest Gump
Jaws
Jurassic Park

 

[wildernesslodgelover]

This is a great thread!

When I was little, I used to think that when a song played on the radio, the actual band/singer was performing live in the studio. I actually imagine, say, Tony Orlando and Dawn finishing up "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" and walking out of the studio, and passing by the Village People walking into the studio, with Debbie Boone waiting in the hallway!

 

[Mommee]

When I was 3 Meijer opened a store in our town. At the time it was called Meijer Thrifty Acres. I was so confused when my dad took me to look at fishing lures and there were only about 5 anchors on the shelf. There were supposed to be fifty anchors!!

 

[siskaren]

When my brother was little he didn't want to go out trick or treating because he thought that the trick or treaters brought the candy to us. He figured it out pretty quickly though.

 

[cruisnfamily]

When I was little I didnt believe people really had sex to get pregnant.
Even when I had sex ed and it was explained to me, I was still like..no he doesnt really put that there does he? Why would they want to do that?

 

[mariolatry]

When I was 3 Meijer opened a store in our town. At the time it was called Meijer Thrifty Acres. I was so confused when my dad took me to look at fishing lures and there were only about 5 anchors on the shelf. There were supposed to be fifty anchors!!

And I always thought it was fifty bakers! Maybe we Michiganders aren't as bright as we think, huh?

 

[Aisling]

I used to believe that when I saw clouds moving, it was the earth rotating.

I also believed sunbeams (******s) were God.

Now why in the world was that filtered??????????????????????????????????? It was "rays of the sun", but in one word.

 

[nancys]

When I found out about procreation, I thought, "Eew, my parents did THAT four times!?! There were four kids in my family.

My grandmother would go to Florida each winter. She would tell us, "I'm going to Miami next week." I remember asking when I would get an ami.

 

[qtwns]

When I was little, probably under 4-5, the preacher at my church was a man in his mid 30s who had long brown hair, and a beard and mustache.
Do you see where this is going?.......

Yep, I thought he was Jesus!!

I remember thinking it was really neat to go hear Jesus talk!!!

We got a new preacher when I was about 5-6, and then I figured it out, but for a while I was really impressed.

When DS was about 4, we were walking down a hallway at church and the minister walked by us. DS said "Oh! There's God!"

 

[CathrynRose]

This is a great thread!

When I was little, I used to think that when a song played on the radio, the actual band/singer was performing live in the studio. I actually imagine, say, Tony Orlando and Dawn finishing up "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" and walking out of the studio, and passing by the Village People walking into the studio, with Debbie Boone waiting in the hallway!

That's exactly what I thought.

Imagine. The whole band sets up, sings, takes it all apart and the next one comes in.

 

[GoofyBaseballMom26]

Ok.. this is kinda serious... when I was little during the news used to talk about guerilla (sp? ) warfare.. but I thought it meant gorillas were fighting the men.. that really freaked me out.


On a lighter note.. my DS used to think he didn't changes ages (like from 3 to 4) until he ate his birthday cake!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I just realized one that my dd9 just did the other day...

We were watching a program called "How the states got their shape". Pretty cool program...until they got to chatting about the Canadian border in a small town in Vermont that straddles the border. The host was talking to border patrol and citizens about not being able to cross the street without having to go through customs.

My dd took it literally and was offended that Canada would not allow people to cross the street and how horrible it was to have a friend on the other side and not being able to go to their birthday party unless they drove 2 hours out of their way to fly to Canada and then drive to their house.

I tried and tried--but she just couldn't understand what I meant about going through the border patrol. The citizens said it was an inconvenience and could take much more time than pre-9/11 when they crossed the street...but my dd was convinced those Canadians were being mean.

Here's a link to an NPR story about the town: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17970334

 

[torinsmom]

Ok.. this is kinda serious... when I was little during the news used to talk about guerilla (sp? ) warfare.. but I thought it meant gorillas were fighting the men.. that really freaked me out.


On a lighter note.. my DS used to think he didn't changes ages (like from 3 to 4) until he ate his birthday cake!

Oh, man, my DS15 would still be 8 if that was the rule, LOL. He has refused to eat birthday cake since then because,"It's the grossest thing ever. Someone spits all over a cake and then we all eat a piece of it!" I guess he does have a point!