Things you used to think and now can't quite believe you did

Ah, I see my question has already been answered. Well who knew!

vulva so how do you pronounce Arkansas then?!?

Or blue, obv....

I thought that when you got your period you would just occasionally wee some blood when you went to the toilet and didn't realise it would be constantly coming out throughout the day. I was corrected on this in time though!

I used to believe when I was older I would marry my dad.

After I saw Michael Jackson in concert at Aintree racecourse I sat on my bed when I got home after the show, waiting for him to knock on my front door and ask me to marry him. I waited for an hour at least convinced he had spotted me in the audience and had used his sources to find out where I lived.

When I used to lay in bed at night I had to have the curtains shut very very tightly otherwise if there was a gap I would see God walking past checking if I was asleep or not [to me god was a very tall person].

Me & my sister were convinced we saw father xmas in the sky on the sleigh with Rudolph one xmas eve, complete with the sounds of bells and flashing xmas lights.

I used to think Haggis were little white bunny rabbits.

Oh my God, where to start? I used to think:

The lockabie bomber was Irish and called Al McGarry

Cash point "advice slips" have actual financial advice on them. I wondered how they personalised the advice to everyones individual circumstanced

Its impossible to get change in a restaurant

I used to think everyone could grow facial hair once they got old enough!

I just thought women chose not to have beards,I clearly remember feeling my mam I was going to have side burns, and her patiently telling me no,I wasn't

Still feel cheated.

My dad told me once, that if i could see very well, that i could see a city called Stockholm behind the sea. I really tried hard standing on top of a dune trying to see Stockholm... After that i looked at a map :(

I used to believe that there was a Queen spider (bit like a queen bee) and that if you killed her, all her minions would find you and crawl all over you. I lived in terror of being asked to sweep down cob webs in the barn.

I thought the same about To let/Toilet!

Until I read this thread, I knew there was a place pronounced Arkansaw. I had no idea it was spelled Arkansas.

When my dad was diagnosed with heart failure (he was 49), I believed that your heart failed, then failed a bit more and then you died. I suppose my parents didn't realise I thought that because no one told me otherwise! He is now nearly 70.

I did understand sex (growing up on a farm) but worried a lot about what would happen if the man accidentally did a wee.

And 'to let' signs baffle me for years. To me they were a sentence with the start and end left off. I just didnt get them at all.

"When we were very young my cousin and I entered a magazine competition to win a boat. We had so little understanding of probability that we were sure we'd win. we had long detailed conversations about how wed share and where wed store it. Not in a "when I win the lottery" way, we were absolutely certain we'd win"

My 8 year old is determined to prove me wrong on the fact that you dont automatically win something just because you enter the competition. Ive tried to explain but he just doesnt get it.

I love the "yap" dog!

I thought the same about To Let signs, especially when I asked my dad what the sign meant and he said ' it's where people do their business'.

As a child I thought that once I'd gone to bed my parents turned into were wolves and then turned back into people in the morning!

I also thought that once you reached a certain age you could choose whether to be male or female .

My dad pointed out a "drunk" to me once (as he termed them). I remember thinking why on earth would anyone want to drink as I thought you then remained drunk forever.

My dad is called John. I have 3 uncles called John (different sides of the family) and my best friend in reception at primary school had a dad called John too.

Until I was about 7, I was quite sure that John was another word for dad! Then another girl told me her dad was called Roy and the penny dropped.

My dh thought that when parents spoke of their kids being overtired they were saying oh they're tired quickly. He didn't know being overtired was a thing

I thought Stephen was pronounced steffan, and also the hermione one too!

And that babies came out of the belly button.

And that women only had two holes - that the wee came out of the same hole that a baby does still don't know what they are all called I was in uni before I grasped the three hole concept. Had it explained to me when I was whinging about changing my tampon every time I peed.

OMG scots Did you actually pass your driving test?!

Yes to the pee dye in the pool

Yes to the wombles thing, and in fact only got it when I saw it written down on this thread

I used to think that if you had a heart attack, you died. No other option. And nothing else seemed as bad as a heart attack.

I also believed that having a million pounds was enough money to live like royalty for a lifetime and then some.

I thought Moby Dick was a famous TV detective, kind of like Inspector Gadget or something. Up until the age of about 24.

nancy - just like you get large breeds of dogs and small dogs, you get large horses and small horses. All small breed below a certain height are called ponies. All above that height are called horses.

Well I used to think, up until last week when I got a speeding ticket, that the speed signs at roadworks were a guide. Like go roughly about 40 at these roadworks .. you know?? Or maybe you dont, my husband certainly wasn't with me on this one has was like why dont they just put up a sign that says 'go whatever speed YOU think is right" In my defence nobody else does the bloody posted limit!

That would make more sense!