FabSwingers.com forum: things you believed as a kid that are not true

By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

My parents told me tons of stuff. But my favourite one has to be the little people in the lights controlling them and if they don't like some one they will turn the lights red... I believed this until I was 18 in my first job and was in co workers car and the light was on red I said "oh maybe the little men in the lights can't see us" she looked at me like I grew a third head and was like what I said it again. And she said no it's sensors...

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By (user no longer on site)
2 weeks ago

I hated having freckles, my mum told me it meant I was a princess. I was a smug child.

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By *Effy-Woman
2 weeks ago

Scotland

The jaggy jersey home!

My mum and dad would threaten to ship me off there when I was misbehaving.

There was an abandoned nightclub near us that I was driven to a few times

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By *ustAnotherMan
2 weeks ago

Tamworth

They told me my GCSEs mattered, turns out now I'm in education who won that argument!

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
2 weeks ago

Sussex

When our mum sensed that we were getting nervous in the back of the family car, she would say "We're going fast because we want to get there before we run out of petrol"

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By *eximus MaximusMan
2 weeks ago

Up North

The golosher man

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By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

"The golosher man

Tell me more...

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By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

"When our mum sensed that we were getting nervous in the back of the family car, she would say "We're going fast because we want to get there before we run out of petrol""

My dad used to say that to

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
2 weeks ago

North Welsh Borders

That there was a bog monster. My Brother used to run into the bathroom when I was sat on the pot, push me down the bowl and flush telling me the bog monster would eat me

I had a phobia about flushing the toilet for years after

Acorn shells, my Dad used to tell me that they were fairy hats, I used to spend ages looking for the fairies

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By *onin25Man
2 weeks ago

Durham

That if I didn't finish all of my tea the starving children of Africa would be really annoyed at me

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By *etwife8230Couple
2 weeks ago

Newport

My birthmark was a kiss from the angels

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By *olvesxcoupleCouple
2 weeks ago

Round the bend

That the ice cream van only played music when it had ran out of ice cream.

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By *hickthighs26Woman
2 weeks ago

funky town

My grandad used to tell me there was a man in the tele who would tell him everything that was going to happen in the soaps and he would tell me and i would be in awe when it happened. Found out years later he just read the TV mag 🤣🤣

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By *actile TensionMan
2 weeks ago

Sussex

Cats were girls. Dogs were boys

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By *eximus MaximusMan
2 weeks ago

Up North

"The golosher man

Tell me more..."

He wore goloshes (school pumps) and ran up behind you and kidn&£)ed you. My parents were pricks

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By *pTheDale40Man
2 weeks ago

Coventry

Thunder = god moving furniture 😂

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By *hinstrapMan
2 weeks ago

sheffield

We ate too much sugar. I'd get worms.

If I sat too close to TV then I'd needs glasses.

If I pulled a face . And the wind changed I'd stay like it.

Best one ever. My grandad used to tell me when he was watching a western on tv. That he would have to clean all horse poop out of the back of he tv

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By *onin25Man
2 weeks ago

Durham

A while back my Mam was showing my youngest my baby teeth that she's kept all this time (I've also kept my kids teeth - are we weird). When she came downstairs she told me and without thinking I said 'Why hasn't the Tooth Fairy got them?', my Mam quickly said 'because I got to them first'. I don't really know what to believe now.

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By *ryanything7oMan
2 weeks ago

redcar

"We ate too much sugar. I'd get worms.

If I sat too close to TV then I'd needs glasses.

If I pulled a face . And the wind changed I'd stay like it.

Best one ever. My grandad used to tell me when he was watching a western on tv. That he would have to clean all horse poop out of the back of he tv

My dad would say all them but for the TV one. He would say if sat to close I would get square eyes.

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By *nmyknees69Man
2 weeks ago

Rushden

I believed that teachers were smart but even as a child I fucked with their heads.

I believed only women were sexy until I saw my first naked man.

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By *igerFiestaMan
2 weeks ago

Huddersfield

Never look a stranger in the eye. He might steal your soul! Also I was told girls were from Venus and boys were from Mars and that Mars bars were only for boys/men. I remember asking if there was a Venus bar just for girls.

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By *oxy-RedWoman
2 weeks ago

pink panther territory

"That if I didn't finish all of my tea the starving children of Africa would be really annoyed at me "

That must be a Durham thing because I was always told the same

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
2 weeks ago

Portstewart

Was told when I was a kid that thunder was the angels and passed family were playing bumper cars and that it they hit head on that was the cause of lightning. And anytime I hear thunder I think of my daughter and my nana playing in the bumper cars

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By *oxy-RedWoman
2 weeks ago

pink panther territory

"We ate too much sugar. I'd get worms.

If I sat too close to TV then I'd needs glasses.

If I pulled a face . And the wind changed I'd stay like it.

Best one ever. My grandad used to tell me when he was watching a western on tv. That he would have to clean all horse poop out of the back of he tv

My dad would say all them but for the TV one. He would say if sat to close I would get square eyes."

Haha my Dad two and about someone having to clean the shxt from behind the cuckoo clock

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By *oxy-RedWoman
2 weeks ago

pink panther territory

Another thing my Dad always said was that when the ice cream man played the music it meant he had ran out of ice cream

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By *pTheDale40Man
2 weeks ago

Coventry

"That if I didn't finish all of my tea the starving children of Africa would be really annoyed at me

That must be a Durham thing because I was always told the same

I was told similar! In Stockport!

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By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

"Thunder = god moving furniture 😂"

I was told this to

and lightning was good turning his lights on and off, thunder and lightning together they were having a disco and snow they were having pillow fight

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By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

"That if I didn't finish all of my tea the starving children of Africa would be really annoyed at me

That must be a Durham thing because I was always told the same

I was told that to...

but slightly different

if I didn't eat it it would be there the next day because the children in Africa would be mad because they were starving and I was wasting food

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By *onin25Man
2 weeks ago

Durham

"That if I didn't finish all of my tea the starving children of Africa would be really annoyed at me

That must be a Durham thing because I was always told the same

I was told that to...

but slightly different

if I didn't eat it it would be there the next day because the children in Africa would be mad because they were starving and I was wasting food

Maybe it was a northern thing

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By *pTheDale40Man
2 weeks ago

Coventry

"Thunder = god moving furniture 😂

I was told this to

and lightning was good turning his lights on and off, thunder and lightning together they were having a disco and snow they were having pillow fight

D "

Yes! forgot about the lightning. Sounds like it was quite a nothing thing!

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By *avyBlueManMan
2 weeks ago

Old Town

That if I ate my crust, I'd get curly hair.

I never ate them. I wanted hair like my Actionman.

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By *oxy-RedWoman
2 weeks ago

pink panther territory

"That if I ate my crust, I'd get curly hair.

I never ate them. I wanted hair like my Actionman."

Got told that to,and if I ate my carrots I'd see in the dark

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By *ecky and justCouple
2 weeks ago

Godalming

That peanut butter was mined from underground…

Thanks grandparents.

Was nearly correct… 🙄

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By *pTheDale40Man
2 weeks ago

Coventry

My old man used to tell me that we couldn’t go to the park as it was closed because the ducks were asleep… he took me to the pub instead 😂

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By *ddie1966Man
2 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

That if the wind changed, my face would stay like that.

Damn!

I forgot, it did...

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By *verageHoesCouple
2 weeks ago

Bessacarr

That the big hills we had to drive over to see my Nana (the Pennines) were sleeping dinosaurs 🦕

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By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

"That if I ate my crust, I'd get curly hair.

I never ate them. I wanted hair like my Actionman."

I was told if I ate my crusts it would put hairs on my chest... I still don't eat crusts I don't want hairs on my chest

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By *uicyboobiesWoman
2 weeks ago

Newtownbutler

Your tongue turned purple when you told a lie and that if you made face and the wind changed your face would stay like that and santa 😱

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By *oungerfacialloverMan
2 weeks ago

hull

The white arrow van was the naughty boys van

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By *riel13Woman
2 weeks ago

Northampton

"I hated having freckles, my mum told me it meant I was a princess. I was a smug child. "

My Pap told me, only beautiful people have freckles... I always wanted them but never got them

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By *ester_jayMan
2 weeks ago

birmingham

That people don’t like it when it when you lick them bite them or pull their hair….i have found it’s often quite the bloody opposite

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By *ester_jayMan
2 weeks ago

birmingham

"Your tongue turned purple when you told a lie and that if you made face and the wind changed your face would stay like that and santa 😱 "

What about Santa….WHATS A LIE WITH MR CLAUS!!!

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By *erdyHollyTV/TS
2 weeks ago

In a galaxy far far away

Carrots help you see in the dark

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By *ildbillkidMan
2 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

It was the starving kids in India who would get mad,for not eating everything on my plate

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By *rthur30Man
2 weeks ago

Warrington

Buttercups could be used to tell if you liked someone to butter!

If you blew on a dandelion, each of the seeds went to a fairy.

Step on a crack, break your back.

Thunder was God expressing his/her disappointment.

Turns out girls are not made from sugar and spice and all things nice.

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By *ynamite500Man
2 weeks ago

Angus

I remember when I was a kid, my father told me that a man was coming to our house to take away all my toys on a particular day in a few weeks time ... I spent weeks shitting myself,only to find out the day that my father was referring to happend to land on April first!😡😡😡 Still haunts me🤣🤣🤣

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By *londebiguyMan
2 weeks ago

Southport

"They told me my GCSEs mattered, turns out now I'm in education who won that argument!"

I do not think that anyone has ever shown the slightest interest in my o levels and cses

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By *ino200Man
2 weeks ago

Bournemouth,london and Sienna

Wanking makes you go blind

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By *evilinDavina1Man
2 weeks ago

Bristol

"My parents told me tons of stuff. But my favourite one has to be the little people in the lights controlling them and if they don't like some one they will turn the lights red... I believed this until I was 18 in my first job and was in co workers car and the light was on red I said "oh maybe the little men in the lights can't see us" she looked at me like I grew a third head and was like what I said it again. And she said no it's sensors..."

That's ace o.p 🤣🤣👍

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By *carlettsWoman
2 weeks ago

Harpenden

That if I lied my nose would grow like pinocchio! 🤥

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By *evilinDavina1Man
2 weeks ago

Bristol

Apple pips, or any seeds really would grown inside you

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By *evilinDavina1Man
2 weeks ago

Bristol

Oh and that minced pies had actual mine meat in them. Oh and that the little black bits in tartar sauce were tiny fish eyes. Ah to be young 🤣

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By *rispy KremeMan
2 weeks ago

wolves

It's illegal to have the light on in the car when driving 🤣

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By *ittle miss sunshine OP Woman
2 weeks ago

south sheilds

"That people don’t like it when it when you lick them bite them or pull their hair….i have found it’s often quite the bloody opposite

I can confirm that this is true

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By *ester_jayMan
2 weeks ago

birmingham

"That people don’t like it when it when you lick them bite them or pull their hair….i have found it’s often quite the bloody opposite

I can confirm that this is true

See. I’m always lied to

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By *ulieScrumptiousWoman
2 weeks ago

North West

That when my parents picked up the phone and spoke to the police about me being naughty and needing to go to a children’s home that they were just talking to a dial tone🥺

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By *tannersMan
2 weeks ago

stanley

I would retire no later than 60

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By *ad NannaWoman
2 weeks ago

East London

If we don't clean our ears in the bath we'll grow spuds in them.

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By *ad NannaWoman
2 weeks ago

East London

If you keep making that face the wind will make it stay like that.

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By *ester_jayMan
2 weeks ago

birmingham

"If you keep making that face the wind will make it stay like that."

Imagine that if true for O faces

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By *a LunaWoman
2 weeks ago

Wales

The Castell Coch was a Fairy Castle.

Everytime we drove past it “Look! there’s the Fairy Castle” 🧚‍♀️

Devastated when I found out that the Fairies did in fact not live there.

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By *mf123Man
2 weeks ago

with one foot out the door

That i was the only real person everyone else were in my head and not real

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