People Are Sharing The Things They Believed As Kids (Which Turned Out To Be Untrue)
As a child, there are many things you tend to believe that aren't necessarily factual.
Most of the time, this is due to what your parents have told you (such as the police will pull you over if you don't turn off the taillight in your car). However, other times, it's just what you've made up in your head – and nobody has disputed it, so it's become a widely accepted fact.
User @Carryonrunning asked the crowd: “What is something from your childhood that you now realize you completely misinterpreted?”
literally.)
I thought you used to get given a sack when you lose your job
My dad came home from work one day with a burlap sack he'd picked up somewhere. He then told my mom, 'I've been given the sack.' It took me years to figure out that a) he was teasing and b) you don't actually get handed a sack when you get fired.
- BlossomCat
I remember you saying that you became an adult at the age of 100.
As a young kid, I used to think you became an adult at 100 years old. I was totally caught off guard when someone at elementary school told me it was just 18. I had a major identity crisis when I realized that most people don't even make it to 100!
I thought you were supposed to drive with one wheel on either side of the center line.
My family didn't own a car, so my primary experience of driving when I was young was with my grandfather. He only drove us occasionally, and from these limited experiences, I figured out that the white line on the road was a guideline to stay straight - with one wheel on each side of it. Around the age of 8, I started to wonder how cars traveling in opposite directions could both stay on either side of the center line without colliding. As I grew older, I realized that my grandfather was a rather poor driver.
- Seeline
I thought "cash back" was free money
When I was in the store, my mom and dad always said no to getting cash back, and I've always wondered why they wouldn't take free money.
- EdithGrantham
I thought it was doomsday.
I recall leaving elementary school one day and overhearing a teacher tell a friend's parent, 'It's the last day tomorrow.' I must have been around five years old at the time. I remember thinking she meant it was the last day of the world. That evening, I lay in bed, consumed by worry and anxiety. Eventually, I went downstairs to my mom, crying, and asked her if it was really true that the next day was the last day of the world.
To my shock, she glanced at the calendar. I recall thinking, wouldn't the people who create calendars know when the last day is? In reality, she was just verifying that it was indeed the final day of the school term. She gave me a hug and clarified that the next day was just the last day of the term, not the end of the world!
- Feelinghurt2
I thought my mom's heart would stop and she would pass away.
I was on the way home from school when my mom talked to her friends about something on the phone. She mentioned that 'my heart missed a beat' and after that, for years I was really scared that hearts could do that. I worried that my mom's heart would skip a beat and she would get sick or even die, or that my own heart would skip a beat and something bad would happen to me. I'd lie in bed at night and listen to my heartbeat, wondering if I'd even notice if it missed one...
- Vroomfondleswaistcoat
I thought giving the middle finger meant 'up and over'.
I recall my dad giving me a one-finger salute while driving, and I asked my mom what it meant. She gave me a stern look and said it meant 'up and over.' I was confused as to why I got in trouble for doing it.
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I thought the old days were actually in black and white.
I thought the 'olden days' were truly black and white, just like old photographs, with no color. I assumed they also had shades of grey and different tones of black and white.
- Whatthechicken
I thought "To Let" signs meant public toilet.
I used to think that when you saw a 'For Rent' sign on a building, it meant there was a public restroom inside.
- MathsMum3
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