Misconceptions

emoxymoose

I used to think that it would be aweome having my own house, and that I wouldn't care if people came over and it wasn't all picked up and clean. Fast forward about 15 years to a crazed me scrambling around trying to pick up and windex everything because some called and said they were dropping by.

Also, when my hair was really dirty my mom used to let us lay on the counters to wash it in the sink and she would pretend potatos were falling out, we'd eat them for dinner that night. I totally believed it everytime.

Sarahbeth612

kikimeemee said:

Haha I did too. Big surprise when HS BF lasted 15 seconds.
Pretty sure I figured it out before then, but that definitely confirmed.

Mawilliams97

runnershan said:

When we were little my sister and I asked my mom what we were (like what ethnicity). She told us we were "a Heinz 57..... A little bit of everything." So for YEARS my sister and I would tell people this and be completely serious about it. It wasn't until I was like 14 that I realized that wasn't even a real thing and she was just messing with us! People must have thought we were completely insane!

They do this in the south about multiple breed of dogs. Lol totally not saying your a dog! ;-)

kimberly_ann81

cindyNmark2010 said:

My grandmother used to tell us that we had to eat the crust of our bread because it made your hair shiny.  She also told us that if we swallowed our gum that it would stay in our stomachs forever.

My grandmother told me eating crust would give you curly hair.  I wanted curly hair so badly as a child.

Those lying grandmas.

kimberly_ann81

My father-in-law told DH and his brother when they was really little that pizza was invented by some guy named Alvin Pizza.  They believed him all the way into high school when they got into an argument with a classmate about it.  Now we call an "Alvin Pizza" if you get anybody to believe something that isn't true or if you're not sure if it's true.

shindylahoe

Love4Science said:

When we went on long car trips my mother said that if my siblings and I went to sleep she would put the wings out so we could get there faster. She also said if we fake-slept she would know and wouldn't do it. My mother is a genius because this worked for a long time.

Brilliant. Storing this in my memory for later.