I remember the first time I heard Christian rock music - my brother gave me a copy of Petra's "Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out" on tape. for some reason, I thought it was the only type of rock music in the world and that I owned the only copy of it

My friend grew up thinking that hair ties were called "hair pretties". I still call them that and so does she.

this is kinda confusing to explain but for awhie when I read on stop signs that they were 3-way etc that at that stop sign you were only allowed to turn 3 ways

My sisters and I used to think that wedding vows included the phrase 'waffly wedded', because we weren't familiar with the term 'lawfully wedded'. I never could figure out what weddings and waffles had to do with one another...

And (this one isn't mine), my sister used to think she had to pray for everything at night. She'd pray for the spoons. And the cups. And the chairs. It made for very long bedtime prayers.

I used to think that there were homeless people living in the vents in my house, watching me all the time.

I always thought that the teletubbies, or who ever else I was watching on TV, live inside "the box". Remeber when Tv's were big boxes? We had that kind, so I'd always be trying to "get inside."

My grandma was always scared the TV would fall on me.

But as far as I can tell, that never happened- Unless it did and I never knew it!

Everyone had those when I was growing up. We didn't even have remote controls. We, the kids, were the remote controls- getting up to change the dial and focus it properly. But yes, I thought the people lived inside the "box" as well.

My sisters and I used to think that wedding vows included the phrase 'waffly wedded', because we weren't familiar with the term 'lawfully wedded'. I never could figure out what weddings and waffles had to do with one another...

My little siblings thought that too! Once they had a pretend wedding with my little brother as the groom, my youngest sister as the bride, and the sister directly after me presiding. My little sister took "thee as my waffle-headed husband."

When I was 4 and we moved into a new house, I thought we would get everything that was in the house as well. Imagine my disappointment when I found out I wasn't getting an electric guitar and a fish tank.

Aw, how sad, wanderingsamurai

My sisters and I used to think that wedding vows included the phrase 'waffly wedded', because we weren't familiar with the term 'lawfully wedded'. I never could figure out what weddings and waffles had to do with one another...

My little siblings thought that too! Once they had a pretend wedding with my little brother as the groom, my youngest sister as the bride, and the sister directly after me presiding. My little sister took "thee as my waffle-headed husband."

Oh, and I forgot. My little sister also on occaision took "thee as my awful-headed husband"!

my nephew used to think that worms were baby snakes

My little brother thinks that, since my dad takes his motorcycle to work sometimes, that means that he comes home on his 'homercycle.'

I used to think that bad people had to be ugly. It's from all those cartoons.....
Also, I thought that if I stood in front of a fan long enough, I'd blow away to another world. I have NO idea where that came from. Hehe.
The cover on one of our Sherlock Holmes' books has a bunch of pipes on it, so I thought they were saying he smoked too much.
Also, I thought that soccer players had to be latino, because my dad would watch soccer, and that was pretty much all that was on.....
Then I saw the world cup, and was trying to figure out how they could all still be latino.

My sisters and I used to think that wedding vows included the phrase 'waffly wedded', because we weren't familiar with the term 'lawfully wedded'. I never could figure out what weddings and waffles had to do with one another...

My little siblings thought that too! Once they had a pretend wedding with my little brother as the groom, my youngest sister as the bride, and the sister directly after me presiding. My little sister took "thee as my waffle-headed husband."

Oh, and I forgot. My little sister also on occaision took "thee as my awful-headed husband"!

Those are all sooo funny! They made me laugh out loud - several times!! They're so cute too and it totally makes sense that a young child wouldn't be familiar with the term "lawfully wedded" and therefore would think "waffly wedded", "waffle-headed", or "awful-headed" were being said instead!

And (this one isn't mine), my sister used to think she had to pray for everything at night. She'd pray for the spoons. And the cups. And the chairs. It made for very long bedtime prayers.

That's really cute, ChristProclamer! (Though it must have been somewhat frustrating at times, too!) By the way, I really like the way you write.

When I was rather young I used to think that the best man in the country was always chosen to be the next president. How I wish it were that simple!

When I was rather young I used to think that the best man in the country was always chosen to be the next president. How I wish it were that simple!

That hardly sounds simple to me. Think of all the work that would go into finding the best man!

I used to think that each time a movie was put in, it played something different. I thought we only had one movie because that was all we needed. Imagine my shock when I went to replay a movie once, and it was the same thing I'd just watched!

This thread is absolutely hilarious! I've read every page and am laughing so hard!

Here are some of mine:

I used to believe that if I baked good enough cookies for Santa, that he would leave me all the presents I had put on my wish list, and more.

I also thought that people who lived in high rise apartments, like in NYC, had birds that picked them up at their windows when they needed to go out.

And (this one isn't mine), my sister used to think she had to pray for everything at night. She'd pray for the spoons. And the cups. And the chairs. It made for very long bedtime prayers.

Haha! That reminds me...When I was young I used to think I had to kiss and wish everything goodnight in the house. I would walk around and kiss every brick on the fireplace, as well as the chairs, my paint sets, etc. Things usually ended in a tantrum and as I fell asleep thinking of the things I hadn't said goodnight to, I deeply hoped that the brick wall would forgive me!

I used to think my parents' names were literally "mom" and "dad", when they told me their real names I remember refusing to believe them.
Also I call my dad's parents 'Opa and Oma' (German slang for grandma/grandpa), and when I was a kid I thought everyone called their dad's parents that, and 'grandma and grandpa' was only for the mom's parents.