What's the dumbest thing you believed as a child?

Oh... I'll come back later - I don't want mine to sit at the top!

But my mom, as a child, thought it was possible to walk on clouds. And two of my best friends (twin brothers) were absolutely convinced that the world used to be colourless, which is of course why old movies look that way.

That my great-grandmother had seen the Flood because she was Noah's wife.

I don't know how dumb it was but I still don't remember when I actually first found out that raisins were a fruit, not candy.

As a youngster, I was always so happy that my parents almost always allowed me to get my favorite candy at the grocery store -- raisins.

 

  When I was in kindergarten, I thought that if you leaned up against or even touched a telephone pole, you would get electrocuted.

  When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I thought that if my parents had $100 in the bank, it meant we were a rich family. That specific amount, no more, no less.

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When I was a few years old, I thought all of the mythical creatures lived on the other side of the mountains in Colorado.  On my family trips to Colorado, no matter how high I swung on the swings, I couldn’t see over the mountains, but when I asked my parents if they would take me to the other side of the mountains, they always said “no”.  They were hiding something from me, I knew it.  For some reason, they didn’t want me to visit the unicorns and the mermaids.  I gave up when dad sat me down in front of the computer and gave me an online geography lesson.

My five-year-old view of the world:

The reality:

This post was edited by Livvie at June 23, 2023 5:29 PM MDT

Not so much believing as doing. When I was in kindergarten and my brother was in fourth grade, we would mail pieces of ice on our walk to school in winter.

The little men in the radio.

Snakes in the pipes. I always made sure the bath tub was plugged before I got in and unplugged after I was out. 

Oh I have a good one

When I was younger my mom used to buy those dry packaged microwaveable noodle packs. My cousins and I would eat them raw and my mom hated it. She told me there was eggs in the noodles that only died when boiled, and if I ate them raw the eggs would hatch and I would get worms in my butt that the doctor would have to pull out with tweezers. 
When I was 19 my boyfriend was eating raw noodles and I told him he would get worms in his butt and he was very confused