What were your childhood lies?

[WhiteLily210]

Do you remember lies you were told as a kid and believed they were true?
Whether those lies were told to you to get you to behave, myths told to scare kids, or maybe just because you were gullible?
Seems most of us were told such things at one point.

 

[.: Meri :.]

My dad told me that it was illegal to drink root beer, cheerwine, or ginger ale before you were eight years old, because they were "mildly alcoholic". I proceeded to get mad at anyone who offered me those drinks before I turned eight, and when I finally did have root beer around my eighth birthday, I actually started stumbling around and acting drunk.
Only then did my dad fess up, ahahaha.

 

[Neb]

My parents almost never lied to me. The only exception was Santa. Until I was 9 I believed Santa was in the living room every Christmas Eve. At the time I could’ve sworn he was making noise. In hindsight that was probably one of my moms getting a midnight snack.

 

[Briar]

I was told that granddaddy long legs were actually really venomous, but their fangs couldn't pierce human skin. I believed it for a while, but I looked it up when I got older and found out that it wasn't true.

I was also told that a watermelon would grow inside you if you swallowed a watermelon seed. I was kind of scared to eat watermelons because of that.

 

[_Rainy_]

I was told that if I ran away from home that I'd have to learn to eat grass

 

[Alienfish]

The Santa obviously but I think I got it was dad/uncle/whatever relative doing it LOL.

Also that you had to wait like an hour after food to swim or you'd get cramps, like..bruh basically excuse for parents to drink coffee and annoy their kids.

 

[_Donut_]

That making weird faces would lead to my face being stuck like that forever

 

[daringred_]

the one about eating seeds meant they'd grow in your stomach. or that if you swallow gum, it'll stay in your stomach forever.

 

[Alienfish]

or that if you swallow gum, it'll stay in your stomach forever.

yeah this too when i first got to have chewing gum, like bruh i did swallow one on accident nothing happened lol.

i also remembered my grandma used to be like "if u dont eat up all that's on the plate you'll get a lazy/ugly husband" or anything lmfao

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

"You won't always have access to a calculator!" (though, I suppose it was true for the time)

"You have to learn cursive because that's what they use in college!" (I don't think that was true for the time, typewriters and computers did exist)

 

[VanitasFan26]

This is all of them that I was thought as a child:

"Everything in life is always happy" (not always true, because most times there are stuff in life that is not happy)

"You have to learn this, otherwise you will not be successful in life" (its the worst advice to give someone as if you know whats best for them)

 

[Belle T]

"You have to learn cursive because that's what they use in college!" (I don't think that was true for the time, typewriters and computers did exist)

Well, typewriters were rather expensive, and I doubt they could have predicted that computers would become as ubiquitous as they are now. Though it's made more hilarious in hindsight to consider that some schools are phasing out cursive altogether, less because computers have made it obsolete, but because it's kind of a pointless skill set anyway. "You must learn to write the alphabet, and after you've mastered writing the alphabet, you must learn to write the alphabet again."

I actually don't remember any specific lies that my parents or older people in my life ever taught me. My parents... eccentrically believed that if they lied to me about Santa Claus that it would scar me for life. That's not to say there were no mistruths or otherwise false statements that I was led to believe. The one about swallowing watermelon seeds or bubble gum, as noted above, are some such examples. The difference is that I'm fairly certain that my parents actually believed it.

 

[Bellsinthegalaxy2012]

My brother told me that the justice league brought babies

 

[Newbiemayor]

The usual Santa and tooth fairy stuff. But I was determined to disprove the tooth fairy and kept a dossier containing all the notes she gave me and my theories and I called it "The tooth fairy files" or TFF for short lol. It was very serious business

 

[Croconaw]

Aside from the obvious Santa and tooth fairy lies, there was one notable lie that was a bit aggravating. My dad told me that the killer “Jason” was actually named “Mason” because it sounded less scary. I spent my middle school years believing that and I brought it up, but people made fun of me for thinking his name was Mason. As if I wasn’t getting bullied enough already. I feel stupid for believing this, honestly.

 

[savanniebananie]

My family members would continuously tell me that gum stays in your system for 7 years. I always chewed gum as a kid, and I had a bad habit of swallowing it instead of throwing it in the trash. My parents would scold me for it, saying that I wouldn't digest it until 7 years. Although it scared me, I never really listened. I watched a doctor guy talking about it years ago, and he said that it was a myth.

 

[Belle T]

My brother told me that the justice league brought babies

I don't see the problem, your brother sounds awesome. I choose to believe this from now on.

 

[~Kilza~]

I only had the standard Santa Claus and Tooth Fairy lies growing up. I can't remember being told any other childhood lies out of the ordinary.

 

[Midoriya]

I didn't have any childhood lies. My parents always told me the truth about things and I read a LOT of books when I was young, so I was well educated.

 

[Beanz]

when i was around 7 my brother told me while we were playing mario kart wii that i could be “eaten” by the goombas or piranha plants that were on some of the tracks and after that i could never play the game again because my character died. i don’t know why i believed him, he was a year younger than me. i got back at him though because several years later i told him that the lightning power up made him go faster so he wouldn’t get mad at me after i used it. he believed me until i told him that i lied two years ago