What Did You Believe......As A Child?

tari · Apr 19, 2005

I believed for a while that Catholics were cannibals.

I was raised protestent (a variety of different denominations...since we lived in small towns you went to whatever church was available). But kids were never in the room during communion.

My great-aunt and great-uncle were Catholic. I was very young, and knew that this meant they were different, but I wasn't sure how. They invited me to go with them one evening when we were visiting to a special Saturday evening guitar mass. I had a great time, until they got to the communion. They started talking talking about the body of Christ and the blood of Christ, and people started eating and drinking it!! I was horrified!!!

To learn that my beloved aunt and uncle would do such things!! I believed that I had learned what was so different about Catholics...and it was awful!!!

Fortunately, another aunt noticed that I was acting strangely during our next visit and straightened me out.

BTW...I married a Catholic, and his family dearly LOVES teasing me about this.

consumerkitty · Apr 19, 2005

Originally Posted by binkyhoo

Consumersity..... you mean men anrt older that me? i love that thought

5catsandcountin · Apr 19, 2005

Originally Posted by HopeHacker

I used to believe that an entire universe existed in the chrome legs of our kitchen table, sort of like the Who's of Whoville. I used to go shake the table to give them earthquakes and things like that. I learned how to take the tops off the chrome legs and then I'd drop bread crumbs in the legs of the table, thinking I was feeding the people of my little Universe. Once my mother caught me dropping the bread crumbs in the table legs, she put a stop to that, right away.

I REALLY need to ask...why did you belive the universe lived in your table? lol

BTW, when I was a teen, 20 years ago, I had a thing for Paul myself

Ok, my answer...

I never even believed in Santa...the only odd thing I can remember believing was that eggs came out of my mom's HUGE, saggy, underarm sack because she planned tricks all the time to get me to belive that it was true......other than that, I was always way too mature for my age.

mom of franz · Apr 19, 2005

When I was about seven, my parents took a trip to Jamaica. My mom asked me what kind of souvenir I wanted on their return. Because they were flying (a big deal to me) I told my mom I wanted a piece of cloud. What I believed was that my mother was this all powerful being and the heavens were just there for the taking.

ccoccocats · Apr 19, 2005

When my older siblings babysat me and my younger sister they'd tell us if we weren't good they'd call the police, and that the police would come and take us to the station where they have a big alligator pit!

I feared policemen like you would'nt believe. I think I was 10 yrs. old when I found out otherwise!

ciera23 · Apr 19, 2005

That a watermelon would grow in my belly if I ate the seeds.
I also believe that my nose would grow if I lied!

clixpix · Apr 19, 2005

When I was about 3 or 4, my grandmother gave me a little china hutch, and china tea set (which I still have btw). Now, apparently she thought it was plastic when she bought it, and was probably horrified that she had given a small child glass plates & cups. In retrospect, she must have said something along the lines of "I thought it was plastic, but it turned out to be glass". What I thought she said was that it had been plastic, and had (magically) turned into china. I believed for a long while that I owned a magic tea set!

Cheryl, I too believed that PF Flyers actually could make me "run faster, jump higher". I finally talked my mother into getting a pair for me. I distinctly remember leaping around the kitchen, only to realize that I'd been duped!

jennyr · Apr 20, 2005

This has reminded me of so many things I had forgotten:

I also believed I could fly. I sewed large rhubarb leaves onto my clothes and jumped off the table many times. I thought I hadn't quite got the knack!

I terrified my mother because when I was very young I believed totally in fairies and that they came out at night through the electric sockets. I used to peer down them and touch them trying to see Fairyland.

My brother believed there was a dinosaur that lived in the stream at the bottom of the garden, and for years refused to sleep in the back bedroom.

cla517 · Apr 20, 2005

For the longest time as a kid I didn't understand the expression to "make ends meet" My mom would say they didn't even have enough to make ends meet, and I thought it was "end's meat" like a food.

I thought that "end's meat" must be the worst part and you had to be pretty poor if you couldn't even make "end's meat"!

(I guess I had the idea of what the saying meant, but the wrong idea of what it actually was!)

katspixiedust · Apr 20, 2005

Ohhh I just remembered another one! When I was really young I LOVED Mary Poppins so if there was a slight breeze outside I'd run out there with my umbrella and start trying to fly away. I must have looked nuts to the neighbors because I'd be leaning into it, jumping nearly sideways and falling to the ground. I just thought that it was possible for anyone to fly away with an umbrella, and that sounded like fun to me!

rosiemac · Apr 20, 2005

Originally Posted by cla517

For the longest time as a kid I didn't understand the expression to "make ends meet" My mom would say they didn't even have enough to make ends meet, and I thought it was "end's meat" like a food.

Am i pleased i'm not the only one who thought that as a kid!

ccoccocats · Apr 20, 2005

Originally Posted by katspixiedust

Ohhh I just remembered another one! When I was really young I LOVED Mary Poppins so if there was a slight breeze outside I'd run out there with my umbrella and start trying to fly away. I must have looked nuts to the neighbors because I'd be leaning into it, jumping nearly sideways and falling to the ground. I just thought that it was possible for anyone to fly away with an umbrella, and that sounded like fun to me!

Your neighbors probably thought you were on drugs or something. Too funny!

katspixiedust · Apr 20, 2005

Originally Posted by ccoccocats

Your neighbors probably thought you were on drugs or something. Too funny!

Yeah I get the feeling that my neighbors probably thought I was nuts for a number of reasons.

Good thing I was a cute little girl or else I may not have been able to get away without someone calling the funny farm!

meiam · Apr 20, 2005

i never believed in santa because my parents always taught me he wasn't real, but fairies...i really believed in them, and used to walk very quietly through the forests looking for places where i might find them...i think a part of me still thinks they're out there somewhere

sanctie · Apr 20, 2005

I thought that all of the world was controlled by giants and that we (humans, animals, cars) were all just their toys that they moved around how they wanted. I also thought that I was really royalty, AND, that I had special powers to move things with my mind, but just never could master it.

Sadly enough, when I was 5, I though Mr. Rogers had spoken to me through the tv,,,sshhh, dont tell anyone.

ccoccocats · Apr 22, 2005

Originally Posted by Sanctie

I thought that all of the world was controlled by giants and that we (humans, animals, cars) were all just their toys that they moved around how they wanted. I also thought that I was really royalty, AND, that I had special powers to move things with my mind, but just never could master it.

Sadly enough, when I was 5, I though Mr. Rogers had spoken to me through the tv,,,sshhh, dont tell anyone.

Just curious, have you ever seen Poltergeist?

sanctie · Apr 22, 2005

LOL! Yes I have but I dont think that's where it came from,,I really thought he was talking to me, and the childish part of my mind still thinks he did,lol!! I was, well, a "special" child...just kidding..

brianlojeck · Apr 22, 2005

Originally Posted by Sanctie

Sadly enough, when I was 5, I though Mr. Rogers had spoken to me through the tv,,,sshhh, dont tell anyone.

a lot of people think that. Unfortunatly, nobody realizes he was really talking to ME, and the rest of you just overheard the conversation. ;-)

cazx01 · Apr 22, 2005

when me and my sister's would'nt go to sleep, my mum and dad used to tell us the sand man would come and sprinkle sand into our eyes to make us fall asleep

And sure enough that is why i always thought i fell asleep

sanctie · Apr 22, 2005

LOL Brian!! That's what YOU think!!

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