As a child I had many assumptions that were far from right. For some reason between the ages of 4 and 10, I was convinced that everything I thought was correct because I obviously had a lot of experience with the world. Previously I wrote about the time when I thought that eating an expired cookie would kill someone but recently I remembered a much different assumption that is much more embarrassing than the previous one. I always find it funny to listen to other people’s mistakes so I hope you enjoy this story.

When I was about six years old, I was obsessed with a television show that was about fairies and all their “adventures”. Watching this show now makes me cringe because I remember the days when I used to impersonate these fairies and try to fly in our living room. One day I watched this episode where one of the main characters and her husband were discussing having kids soon. In the next episode, without any explanation, she was pregnant. Therefore, I spent a lot of time thinking to myself “How on earth did she get pregnant?” After a lot of thinking, I came to a very logical conclusion: She thought about having a baby so now she is pregnant. At first, I didn’t put much thought into this but later in the day I started to think “What if I accidentally think about it? Does that mean I’ll get pregnant?” At this point, things were a little out of control in my head and a normal person would ask their parents or siblings if what they thought was possible. Instead of asking my parents, I spent a whole week worrying about this and then came to the conclusion that I was pregnant. We all hear about six-year-olds getting pregnant, right? Like what I have told you so far isn’t embarrassing enough, there is actually more to it.

The next day, I waited for my mom to come home from work and I went up to her and said “Mom, I have to tell you something very important… I am pregnant.” After twenty minutes of laughing, my mom finally was able to speak and she told me that what I told her wasn’t possible. The weird child that I was, I refused to believe her for about a week and I was convinced that I had to give birth in nine months time.