Things you thought were true

EVA116 · May 2014

What are some things you thought were true for the longest time because your parents told you so?

Are you telling your LO the same thing or some other white lie?

My dad told me that if I left lights on in the house that I could start a house fire.

He also told me that if I put my elbows on the table no boy would ever want to date me.

EVA116 · May 2014

I also really did think my dog went to a farm. I thought this well into my twenties.

FalconCrest · May 2014

I really believed that my dog went to the farm, too.

ASmallWonder · May 2014

My brother STILL thinks our dog went to live on a farm. I don't even have the heart to tell him.

BluepointToasted · May 2014

That if I swallowed my gum it would stay in my stomach for 7 years.

littlestjerry · May 2014

My friend believed that they suck up all the water in a giant tube so they can build bridges for way too long. Her dad told her when she was little.

mschoepp · May 2014

That my dad went to night school, as in my mom woke me up in the middle of the night to pick dad up from night school. Night school = drunk tank. I only figured this out last year. Really hoping we never need to use this story with DS. (Fyi my dad is a nice guy, promise)

bumpuser1691848 · May 2014

I thought if I broke the tv screen, I could crawl through and be on whatever I was watching. My mom let me believe it.

lildevil968 · May 2014

I believed in the Boogeyman for a very, very, very long time. My brother used to hide under my bed, and grab my arm, or my leg, and yank it down.

missyishere · May 2014

justAphase said:
Kissing got you pregnant

A girl in my HS class thought she was going to get KTFU after her boyfriend fingered her.

missyishere · May 2014

I used to believe in god?

missyishere · May 2014

Too far? Lmk

LadyXaverian · May 2014

My uncle convinced me that I was born a baby goat (when I self-righteously told him that I was NOT a "kid" because "kid" means "baby goat"). I believed him and cried.

When this same uncle was a kid, his father (my Papa) convinced him if he collected enough Moosehead beer caps and sent them in, he'd get a free pet moose. He had crates upon crates full of those bottle caps. My Papa must have drank a lot of beer.

My parents still insist that they sent our cat to a farm. At this point, I can't decide if it's true or not. I mean, I'm 37 years old. Why keep up the lie at this point?? So, I kind of believe them. Maybe I'm naive.

NarwhalBacon · May 2014

If you stick your finger in the air freshener beads, the chemicals would make your fingers fall off. I had a problem with playing with the Air Wick beads.

missyishere · May 2014

If you made that face, it will stick that way.

missyishere · May 2014

If you pout your lip out like that, a bird will come poop on it.

missyishere · May 2014

Pull my finger, and...

NarwhalBacon · May 2014

That our bird just disappeared out of its cage. That my fish also disappeared. The tooth fairy can't give you money if you don't go to sleep.

NarwhalBacon · May 2014

Oh the best one! If I didn't go to sleep the night before we left for Dollywood, the ticket person would know and wouldn't sell me a ticket.

EVA116 · May 2014

My mom told me perms were cool.

EVA116 · May 2014

My mom would also buy generic cereal and pour it into the name brand boxes.

bumpuser1691848 · May 2014

My family had a running joke with my brother that we found him in an alley downtown and just took him home with us. He believed it for a long time.

EVA116 · May 2014

slappalicious said:

EVA116 said:

My mom would also buy generic cereal and pour it into the name brand boxes.

Damn. I wish I could do that to DH.

The only one I could ever tell was Cocoa Puffs.

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EVA116 · May 2014

I swallowed a dime and my mom said she could sell me for 10 cents. I freaked out. freaked.

suziqnc · May 2014

My childhood friend's mother had us convinced that eating green beans would make us grow big boobs. Needless to say, getting us to eat our green beans was never a problem!

missyishere · May 2014

I have yet to go blind either. #takes45seconds

Monkeybabe · May 2014

My mom told me she took my cat to a lady who loves cats, after it got on the table and ate a bunch of my sister's swim team cake. I always assumed it died, even as a little kid. Turned out she dropped it off at the crazy cat lady's house. I feel like I got that a little backwards.

MissyC979 · May 2014

BunkinMama said:

I was told that eating carrots would help me see in the dark.

I have used that on V and have increased it, corn makes your hair grow, spinach makes your muscles stronger, green beans help you run faster, broccoli helps you grow taller, and whatever else I can make up on the spot.

And asparagus makes your pee stink!

Silly, that's all true!

ready-or-not · May 2014

That if you looked in a mirror & said either Candyman or Bloody Mary 3 times they would appear in your window.

Fuck if I know if its true or not, I'm still too scared to try!

ByeBabyBunting · May 2014

My BFF who was a year older than me told me you could get pregnant by swallowing. The sperm would enter the ute through the belly I guess? I believed that for a few years

MissyC979 · May 2014

slappalicious said:

I think it stinks for 40% of the population. I never heard of this until SIL told me that asparagus does that.

Only some people secrete it and only some people can smell it (and you may be able to secrete it without being able to smell it). I've spent way too much time reading up on this.
:-B

bumpuser1691848 · May 2014

BunkinMama said:

Deer crossi

Hawkward said:

I thought deer could read because of the deer crossing signs.

LOL there is a recording of a lady who calls a radio station to complain about the deer crossing signs and that they need to be moved so the deer don't cross on interstates anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8

The gobnent can control the deer!!!!!!!!11!1!!!

I've listened to that many times before and it still cracks me up! That's exactly what I thought of when I read @Hawkward post.

MamatoA2010 · May 2014

I have a few:

chicken soup heals all ailments (I'm Jewish so this may be partially true)

I too got the "If you swallow gum it will stay in your stomach for years"

that if I laid on my stomach when I was pregnant with DD that it would harm the baby (to this day I am STILL a back sleeper)

wiggyslilsis · May 2014

Hmmmmm I can't think if any. My mom is pretty brutally honest. We used to lie to my little brother and tell him McDonalds was closed....it took him forever to figure that one out.

DH thought this random building in our town was the Easter Bunny's house until he was like 10.

minervacullen · May 2014

My dad and that side of the family told me I was part hillbilly. Like a legitimate ethnicity. In fifth grade we had to share with our class our families backgrounds.
On the board I wrote:
Polish
English
Hillbilly
Native American
Irish
Scottish
German

I was so embarrassed.

My mom told me that you had to change your tampon every single time you peed. After a while I was wtf, this is waste, and stopped. When I was getting a cath while in labor with DS, my mom asked the nurse if it will be removed before I push. The nurse said that they were going to leave it in until I could go to the restroom. My mom said something along the lines of it getting in the way of me pushing. That's when the tampon thing made sense. Up until that moment, she thought your vagina and urethra were the same.
The nurse and I shamelessly laughed and laughed.

Also, watermelon seeds make you pregnant with watermelon. If you stick your tongue out a fly will poop on it.

juliane2004 · May 2014

Eating uncooked ramen noodles would turn into worms in my belly.

jillyjill1026sr · May 2014

The reason I had so many ear infections is because spiders crawled in my ears and laid eggs at night. I believed that for many, many years.

ready-or-not · May 2014

My mom told me when I was very young that you have to cross your fingers when you go over rail road tracks or else you'll have bad luck the rest of the day. She also told me when you see a car with 1 headlight you have to tap the dashboard twice for good luck.

I still do these bc it's such a natural habit now.

minervacullen · May 2014

ready-or-not said:
My mom told me when I was very young that you have to cross your fingers when you go over rail road tracks or else you'll have bad luck the rest of the day. She also told me when you see a car with 1 headlight you have to tap the dashboard twice for good luck.

I still do these bc it's such a natural habit now.

I was told to hold my breath when we drove by cemeteries, cuz the ghosts/zombies will try to steal your breath.

MrsT0514 · May 2014

That if I kept frowning/crying for too long my face would get stuck that way.

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