I used to believe:
-that my mom really did have eyes in the back of her head. What's worse~ I believed it because I thought I saw them once while she was driving.
-that you really could just dig a hole straight to China. My cousin and I dug plenty of holes that summer and Grandma lost all of her big spoons. We never made it but we were convinced more than once that we were close to the core because the Earth felt warmer.
-that if you slept with a boy you'd have a baby. Once on a class field trip I was sitting next to a boy on the bus and we both fell asleep and I was so scared that I was pregnant I told him we had to get married or my mom was going to be really, really mad.
-that if I could only remember the words to the spells Samantha and the other witches used on Bewitched I would be able to do magic too. I would have my notebook and pencil ready as I sat down to watch and either I'd get distracted and completely forget or I wouldn't be able to write them down fast enough.
-similarly, I believed if I could only manage to go to Bagdad I could find Haji and he would make me a real Genie and then I could go find my own Major Nelson.
-that Mountain Dew was really mountain pee and that somewhere there was a stream of it. The 1st time my mom gave me a glass I was so confused. Why would my mom give me pee to drink?
-that all I had to do was turn the clock to whatever time I needed it to be and it would just become that time.
-that I saw the tooth fairy as she was disappearing. What I really saw was dust motes floating around in a sunbeam coming through my window but for YEARS my mom let me believe it was the tooth fairy.
-that animals could speak but never did around us.
-that "one of these days" the Fonz was going to rescue me from my mean Momma and she would be sad and come looking for me and he would talk to her about being so mean and she would listen and be nice to be from there on in.
-that Bowser from Sha-na-na was my real Daddy. And I was serious about it too. I was (and still am a tad) heartbroken when my uncle took my cousin to see them and didn't take me because I really, really wanted to see my Daddy.
-that if you made a snow angel in perfect, untouched, freshly fallen snow the angel would come to life that night and fly up to heaven.
-that clouds were solid and soft like cotton balls. I thought that was where angels hung out and spent my 1st plane ride looking out the windows for them and wishing I could find them and wave.
-that there really were Keebler Elves that lived in a tree and baked those cookies.
Anyway the more I sit here the more I remember and the less work I get done so I'm gonna stop here.
What silly things did you used to believe when you were a kid?
11 comments:
I know I was very very gullible. And I still am (I've probably posted the story about my friends dead dog a few times on my blog).
Most of those things I only believed for a little while, and I can't remember (okay except for St Nick and Santa Claus, they're 2 diff people here).
But there's always 1 exception. My grandpa on my dad's side was already dead before I was born. And my grandma on my mom's side was 5 years older than grandpa. So I thought when grandma died (that can't be too long since the other granddad was already dead), mom's dad and dad's mom could move in together.
Aww that is cute!
Hmm ... I used to pretend that inanimate objects talked to each other. Like my shoes. I thought that when I picked up a pair of shoes, they would be talking to all the other shoes saying, "Good bye, see you later!" ROFL.
I would have been fascinated by the movie, "Toy Story," where all the toys came to life!
That Hubba Bubba Bubble gum did have spider eggs in them.
That Rod Stewart had to get operated on to remove a pint of sperm from his stomach.
Yeah, stuff like that. And you wonder why I am the way I am?
Monica, I believed stuffed toys had feelings thanks to the Velveteen Rabbit, so I get what you mean!
Joker- OK so that thing about Rod Stewart isn't true? I thought it was LOL!!!
Ok, so I can't sleep with the closet door even cracked because "something" will get me. Also, can't have arms or legs hanging off the bed for same reason. mum
I was the opposite, I didn't believe ANYTHING! In Kindergarten a kid stopped being my friend because I laughed when he talked about Santa Claus. I wasn't even 5!The only thing I can think of is sad, but true. I thought that if I was quiet enough, good enough, smart enough, etc. that my parents would stop fighting and stay married. Pretty lame, but also typical. I sure hope my kids understand that adults are stupid even before kids...
I actually didn't believe in that sort of stuff, being very pragmatic as a child, but I think I missed out on a lot because of it.
With my own kids, however....I'm amazed they grew up fairly sane, given their mother and her ability to lie like a rug, with the sole desire to amuse herself.
The best thing I ever made them believe (for five years!) was that the electric windows in the car were controlled by the mind.I took great care to make sure the situation matched what I said, and then flick the parental control switch surreptitiously! If ever they thought it didn't work, I'd tell them that either they weren't thinking hard enough or that there were radio waves interfering with their thought processes.
I should be ashamed. I AM ashamed (not really).
um, seriously. animals DO talk..just not around you.
take a look at a cat's face. They KNOW shit dammit :)
I believed all those things too. I tried to dig to China several times, but I live on the Canadian Shield so I would get an inch and hit a rock:)
Oh BSG that is so funny!
Humincat how cute! One of these days we will really make it to China!
Oh, I forgot!
I also made my kids believe in the tooth fairy for years, because I made teeny, tiny notes under a microscope, purporting to be from said tooth fairy. I'd do flower designs with the end of a toothpick and write, using a florid script and a really sharp pointed dark pencil, some extravagant prose. The whole note would be about an inch square.
They loved getting them and it totally made up for the times that the tooth fairy fell asleep before retrieving the tooth, because she was too tired or too drunk.
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