FabSwingers.com forum: What Did You Believe!

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

As a child I used to ravenously eat Ready Brek, morning, noon and night until I found out I wouldn't develop a glow like in the adverts, lying advertising bar-stewards!

What was your shattered belief from childhood, Forumites?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That the world was meritocratic

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By *ast_And_CuriousMan
over a year ago

Sevenoaks

Well I was convinced eating a Lion Bar would turn you into a lion like in the advert but I was kind of scared of eating one cos I wasn't sure if I wanted to be a lion or not.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x "

I was the same...

Although bizarrely my hair turned curly all by itself in my mid 30's

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By *weet-cheeks100Woman
over a year ago

Staffordshire

That if I swallowed an apple pip a tree would grow in my tummy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Until I was about 8 years old, I was scared of the forth rail bridge. I used to think it went up and over like a roller coaster rather than straight through the middle. I was convinced I would fall into the sea.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That a finger of Fudge was just enough until it’s time to eat........was it FUCK!

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

As a child I desperately ate my cornflakes hoping for a hairy chest like my dad. He promised me. I’m kinda glad now that one never turned out true

Lex

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That the world was meritocratic

You knew what meritocratic meant as a kid ?!

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

That Jimmy Savile was a decent bloke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That I was a beautiful girl, inside and out

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

"That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x "

This!

Saying that I also believed that shell suits were cool.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That Jimmy Savile was a decent bloke

I never thought that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The moon being made of cheese.

Santa being real.

Shooting stars grant wishes.

Kiwis and crusts make your hair curly (I really wanted curly hair)

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

That squirrel shit did not have a hazelnut in every bite..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x

This!

Saying that I also believed that shell suits were cool. "

We all did!

Naff Naff jackets and kappa jogging bottoms were also all the rage!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That Angel l Delight took 3 hours to set. Parents!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That if you lied, your tongue turned black. Only your mum could see your tongue change colour though!

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

Carrots don't make you see in the dark.

And thankfully swallowing apple seeds won't cause an apple tree to grow in your stomach.

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

That the people in the tv were really small

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Carrots don't make you see in the dark.

And thankfully swallowing apple seeds won't cause an apple tree to grow in your stomach. "

I remember crying and begging my mum to take me to hospital because I swallowed apple seeds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That Jimmy Savile was a decent bloke

I never thought that."

Me neither....always scared the shit out of me.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

From years watching old films I thought being shot didn't involve any bloodshed. (This was before being old enough to see a Sam Pekinpah western)

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By *weet-cheeks100Woman
over a year ago

Staffordshire

"Carrots don't make you see in the dark.

And thankfully swallowing apple seeds won't cause an apple tree to grow in your stomach.

I remember crying and begging my mum to take me to hospital because I swallowed apple seeds"

Was the carrot thing not a war rumour?

Thankfully they don’t. Because you and me both had childhood anxiety about it

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent

Don't swallow chewing gum or it'll bung up your insides and you'll need to go to hospital like uncle Terry.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

You shouldn't swallow chewing gum as it sticks to your heart!

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

"You shouldn't swallow chewing gum as it sticks to your heart!"

That's not true, it makes you blow bubbles out your bum though.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Mines easy

That a mother will always put her child first.

Someone should have told mine that one

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"You shouldn't swallow chewing gum as it sticks to your heart!

That's not true, it makes you blow bubbles out your bum though. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That Churchill was a hero

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"That I was a beautiful girl, inside and out"

This is one shattered belief that needs to be painstakingly put back together and securely superglued in place

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"That if you lied, your tongue turned black. Only your mum could see your tongue change colour though! "

Oh my god! I actually was just about to post this - but it got me, because one day I'd finally cottoned onto the fact that they might be lying to me, so I went to a mirror to check my tongue...

But I'd been eating Blackjacks

It ruined me

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"Mines easy

That a mother will always put her child first.

Someone should have told mine that one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That Jimmy Savile was a decent bloke

Along with other Radio 1 DJ’s and light entertainment broadcasters..!!

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By *oodnitegirlWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

I used to think the teacher lived in the storeroom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you pulled funny face and the wind changed, you would stay like that...

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By *oodnitegirlWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

‘Shit with sugar on’ was as common as egg and chips in a northern household

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

"‘Shit with sugar on’ was as common as egg and chips in a northern household"

Haha that was always the reply when I asked what was for dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"‘Shit with sugar on’ was as common as egg and chips in a northern household"

Mum whats for tea lol

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

If I chewed the ends of my plaits I'd get a massive hairball in my stomach...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I swallowed pips from apples a tree would grow in my stomach ????

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

That if I used Colgate toothpaste I'd get a shiny 'ring of confidence' around my head *ping*.

My mum wouldn't buy Colgate though as it was expensive so just I had to make do with clean teeth - spoilsport!!

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

My Dad told me that if I wished hard enough for something I'd get it.

I held out my hand and wished so hard for a sweet ......

Ages before I decided i'd been lied to. Thought there was something wrong with the way I was doing it.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

I tried sitting on an egg out the fridge too when I was about three, to see if it would hatch....

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By *eesideMan
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"As a child I used to ravenously eat Ready Brek, morning, noon and night until I found out I wouldn't develop a glow like in the adverts, lying advertising bar-stewards!

What was your shattered belief from childhood, Forumites?

I don't think i ever had any

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That my dad was bald as he had been scalped by red Indians

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

Up until the age of 6 I believed that a lion called Leo lived with my grandma and grandad!

It stopped me from going upstairs at their house... haha

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By *andEmCouple
over a year ago

wigan

That the ice cream van only played it's tune when he'd ran out of ice cream ,have used it on my son a few times myself over the years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was gutted when I found out the phrase "won a watch" didn't actually mean you got a watch.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"Mines easy

That a mother will always put her child first.

Someone should have told mine that one

It’s okay, she’s old now and will need me.

Guess what.....paybacks a bitch

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By *ightLeeCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"That if I swallowed an apple pip a tree would grow in my tummy. "

Same here!

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By *esus H ChristMan
over a year ago

birmingham

That my wind-up Evel Knievel toy would land on its wheels and pull all the stunts like it did in the TV Ad.........

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

"The moon being made of cheese.

Santa being real.

Shooting stars grant wishes.

Kiwis and crusts make your hair curly (I really wanted curly hair)"

I've heard about crusts making your hair curly, but not kiwi fruit.

I wouldn't eat them as a kid because I was told that they were the brains of a kiwi bird

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"If I chewed the ends of my plaits I'd get a massive hairball in my stomach..."

Actually a patient of Doc Martin did suffer from that, true.

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

"That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x

This!

Saying that I also believed that shell suits were cool.

We all did!

Naff Naff jackets and kappa jogging bottoms were also all the rage!"

Our school folders had to be carried around in a River Island carrier bag (non-sale one).

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

"That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x

This!

Saying that I also believed that shell suits were cool.

We all did!

Naff Naff jackets and kappa jogging bottoms were also all the rage!

Our school folders had to be carried around in a River Island carrier bag (non-sale one)."

Or a Jane Norman pink bag. I believed I also had to painstakingly cover every folder and every exercise book with a poster from Smash Hits! I then covered it over with the sticky back plastic roll from WHSmith to keep it pristine. My huge A1 art folder was a shrine to Tim from Ash

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent

"My huge A1 art folder was a shrine to Tim from Ash

Oh Yeah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cute story when my kids were little when we had thunder storms used to say that the planets were having a game of bowling lol x

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent

"Cute story when my kids were little when we had thunder storms used to say that the planets were having a game of bowling lol x"

Just God moving his furniture.

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By *itvclaireTV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham

"That if you lied, your tongue turned black. Only your mum could see your tongue change colour though! "

Mine told me my eyes changed colour.

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

"That eating my crusts didn’t make my hair curl. I hated my straight hair x

This!

Saying that I also believed that shell suits were cool.

We all did!

Naff Naff jackets and kappa jogging bottoms were also all the rage!

Our school folders had to be carried around in a River Island carrier bag (non-sale one).

I now have "Girl From Mars" stuck in my head

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By *oodnitegirlWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"I tried sitting on an egg out the fridge too when I was about three, to see if it would hatch...."

Me and my sis did that with mini eggs. Even sat In the wardrobe to pretend we were in a pidgeon loft.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I always d*unk my milk but never played for Liverpool Fc . fuck it didn't even play for Accrington Stanley

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That it was perfectly acceptable to ask about trying to swap your baby brother for HMS Ark Royal on Multicoloured Swap Shop

......... bloody parents!?!?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I believed their was a santa and that their was a tooth fairy

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By *oodnitegirlWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"I always d*unk my milk but never played for Liverpool Fc . fuck it didn't even play for Accrington Stanley

Who are they?

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"I always d*unk my milk but never played for Liverpool Fc . fuck it didn't even play for Accrington Stanley

Who are they?"

Eggzackly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always d*unk my milk but never played for Liverpool Fc . fuck it didn't even play for Accrington Stanley

Who are they?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always d*unk my milk but never played for Liverpool Fc . fuck it didn't even play for Accrington Stanley

Who are they?

Eggzackly"

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I always thought opal fruits would make my mouth water.

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By *umpsimusMan
over a year ago

Camberley

"I tried sitting on an egg out the fridge too when I was about three, to see if it would hatch...."

That made me laugh out loud.

Thank you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That my wind-up Evel Knievel toy would land on its wheels and pull all the stunts like it did in the TV Ad.........

Oh and that the Steve Austin doll really was bionic..

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By *aenMan
over a year ago

Here and There

Morning roll call on my first day at primary school. We were told to say “present “ when our name was called....

I waited all day for the present....

It never arrived!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If i put pigeon feed in a cup of tea it would make me fly

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

I remember crying when I was little when I heard my Grandma had broken her arm. I assumed it had come off as that’s what happened to my Action Man.

I was really surprised when I next saw her with both arms (one in a sling).

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I always d*unk my milk but never played for Liverpool Fc . fuck it didn't even play for Accrington Stanley

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

I believed that grown ups were super intelligent and knew everything, it's only now I'm a grown up myself I realise how much they were winging it...

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