I used to believe....

[barbara0207]

As a Catholic, I had to go to confession when I was a child of 8 or 9. Normally I couldn't think of many sins to confess, except "I lied" or "I took some candy from the cupboard". Then we were given a book that told us what sins might be confessed. So next time I told the priest "I wasn't chaste". I didn't have the faintest idea what the word meant. I thought it was just as good as the other ones and might do for a change. I'm still wondering what the priest was trhinking back then. It's dark in the confessional so I couldn't see him.

[LadyWentworth]

When I was little I believed a lot of things that my brothers would tell me. For example:

First of all, I believed that the Headless Horseman was real.

Second, there was that "recording" of that guy that stayed in Frankenstein's castle. I believed he was really there and he was attacked by the monster.

Third, I believed someone really had to get hurt in a movie (i.e. lose an arm, get killed, et.c.). I never gave it a second thought if they popped up in another film either! After all, they just got a new arm, or the movie was made before they died!

Fourth, Zelig, the human chameleon of Woody Allen fame, was a real person! That was the worst! I thought that the guy was fascinating!

I hate my brothers!!!!

I always believed my grandmother when she told me that the angels were bowling when you heard thunder!

[Bakiryu]

I use to believe i was an alien.
That I would die at age 18 and my people would come get me. (yes, I was a very morbid child)
That I'd met a girl with red hair named Anayansi.
That if you sung during a thunderstorm your voice get prettier.
Or that if you danced in the rain you'd never be sick (this is true!)

I use to make my own universe in which I was a prince/princess. First there was Godo, (goth is Spanish, weird I didn't even know that 'til i learned English), Then I was Anayansi. there were other people too tho!

I was usually both.

Is it a wonder I'm so rainbow-y now.

Yes, I'm very weird

[Scheherazade]

I used to trust people and believe that friendships meant something... But now that I am all grown-up, I know better!

[applepie]

I used to trust people and believe that friendships meant something... But now that I am all grown-up, I know better!

That's a depressing thought, but I know what you mean. I know when I was a kid, friendship was something that would last forever, but now I know that isn't always the case. It's a sad lesson to learn, but I think everyone gets it eventually.

[Lezlie]

i used to believe that when it was raining.....God was crying and when there was thunder....God was moving his furniture around

[Big Al]

I thought that it was mandatory for everybody to join the military when they turned 18, regardless of whether or not there is a war on.

[papayahed]

My grandfather always told me if I didn't behave he'd sell me to the Sheennie Man next time he came by, I didn't know what a Sheenie man was but I knew I didn't want to be sold and used to worry when I saw strangers in the neighborhood.

[BibliophileTRJ]

Papaya reminded me of something MY grandfather told ME.

He said that if you put a coin in the crook of a tree, eventually the tree would grow around it ... (that part is true) ... then sometimes the tree would become a money-tree and sprout coins and bills.

Whenever my dad used to yell, "Money doesn't grow on trees, you know!", I'd smile inwardly and think "Just shows how little YOU know!"

If the woods around my childhood home ever get sold to a logging company, they're in for a big shock. There are pennies, nickels and dimes near every branch of almost every tree... will cause major trouble with the chainsaws and milling equipment.

[cactus]

I used to believe that Wrestling (you know the one with Mr T) was real until I reached my twenties.

[higley]

I used to believe that golf balls grew on trees,
and that chicken broth was made from melted chickens.

[packersfan]

I was horrified by James and the Giant Peach
so i always used to believe that If I ate a peach, bugs would attack me...

Yeah...I scare myself...

[Shalot]

I used to believe I had disposable thumbs

[schadenfreude]

I used to believe that pineapples grew on trees. Which isn't so strange since durian grows from trees and that stuff is deadly. It can hit you from miles away.

[Divine Comedy]

I used to believe that the earth was really on the shoulders of this big guy called Atlas. My dad used to tell me this and he also made me believe that this guy turned the lights on to make it day and turned the lights off to make it night. I was also in a deep belief that this guy was taking shower whenever it rained. Unfortunately I was under this belief for quite a long time I should say...