I just remembered this today, and it made me wonder what other assumptions people had as children.

When I was I guess seven or eight, I was talking with my brother and sister while we were playing music and one of them brought up the idea that if we stacked two CDs, they might play together (as in layer over each other, LOL) or play one after the other. So we put one on the bottom and one on the top and played it...I just think it's funny that we thought it might work.

And I also remembered that when I was like three and four I thought the words "an adult" was one word. As in "Have anadult help you with that." Seriously...

I used to think my grandmothers lipstick smelled sooooo good. Whenever she'd get ready to go out for the day or night, shed get dressed and come out of the bathroom with lipstick on. And smelled so yummy. Once in a while when I wasn't around her, I'd catch a whiff of the same scent and I'd look around for who might be wearing her lipstick. I never found anyone wearing it.
Then, years later, I learned that my grandfather bought her a bottle of Chanel No 5 for every birthday and Xmas present. (Incidentally, when he died, I took over that duty. ) I smelled it and recognized the scent and realized that all this time I thought her lipstick was Chanel No 5 scented. I guess I just saw the visual of the lipstick and caught the smell and associated it with that.

LOL, I used to do the same kind of thing; I always associated lipstick with perfumes that my mother wore, as if they were scented based on color or brand.

I also just remembered that I used to think if I turned on the light in my closet and shut the closet door, then I would be perfectly safe from things like serial killers, vampires, and other things kids are scared of. Don't we all wish it was that simple to keep away from psychos??
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That I liked boys!

I remember people on the news talking about gorillas waging war in different parts of the world.



Oh, they meant 'guerillas'.

I did that one, too. "Gorillas? Why are GORILLAS fighting in the war?"

Sometimes I wish I could be that naive again.

i used 2 think celebrities were different from the rest of us, like they didnt have to shower or use the toilet and i thought (even had the visual!) that music was made in factories and that one day there would be no more beats

i used to think cashiers slept at their cash register stations at night.

i use to think that there were people at the radio station performing live.

also, there was this one segment or piece on Sesame Street where they'd so a picture of the earth and i use to think they'd be saying YOUUUUU NIGGERS!! and one time i called my mom in when they were about to say it and she told me afterwards they really were saying UUUUUNIVERSE!!




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sinisterpentatonic said:

, i can't think of any but my mother was so sheltered that when she was 14 she kissed a boy and thought she was pregnant. she said she cried her eyeballs out

i also believed my grandfather killed Santa Claus.

brownsugar said:

oh that's awful!

I truly believed the angels in heaven lived in the clouds and all they were allowed to eat were white things, like mashed potatoes and milk.

u2prnce said:

I though the same thing...

i also got the idea that a hurricane was a stampead

charlottegelin said:

charlottegelin said:

i LOVE mashed potatoes with a glass of milk.

so if you needed more proof that your theory was wrong...

Anx said:

why wouldn't you be going to heaven? you good boy, no?

charlottegelin said:

if i go to heaven, it's because they need "before" models!

brownsugar said:

When the very first of the catholic priest scandals started coming out years and years ago and it was all over the news, my grandmother (my dad's mom) pulled my mother aside and said, "They keep going on about oral sex. I don't know what that is, do you?"
My mother told her she didn't know what it was either.

CarrieMpls said:

my mum said she only ever had sex 2 times (she only had 2 kids) and she insisted both times she was unconscious because daddy banged her head against the bedhead. I used to think that was funny at the time! I knew it wasn't true since their bedroom door was locked on MANY occasions!

Anx said:

they are allowed to eat philadelphia cheese too

charlottegelin said:

rice? if it's not burnt?

charlottegelin said:

charlottegelin said:

That is fantastically awful!

u2prnce said:

it is shocking isn't it!

Anx said:

and flour, and sugar

Protege said:

I used to think/say:

* a chest of drawers was a 'chester draws'
* a coat hanger was a 'ho hanger'
* your breasts were your 'feelings'...because my Mom used to always put her hands up to her chest whenever we were impudent and say "you hurt my feelings"

Once when I was about 4 and I lied about my brother hitting me, my Mom called him on it he replied "sister is bearing false witness, and she is committing adultery, too"...obviously he was learning the 10 Commandments at the time

Thanks for starting this thread...you have made me laugh and it has brought back some fun memories

cubic61052 said:

!!!