What Were They Thinking?!

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what were they thinking

Do you ever see your child’s actions and wonder, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

I have those thoughts almost every single day.  It’s only when I start to remember how ridiculous I was when I was a kid that I realize people are weird.  Not only are kids weird, but people, in general, are weird.  So, to hopefully make you laugh today – here are 5 things I thought when I was a kid that will make you stop and say – WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!  {honestly I was either thinking too hard or not at all.}

  1. I thought I could somersault into the television.  – In my defense, I was only five, but I really thought that if I got a good somersault going I could propel myself into the television and be on my favorite show – The Brady Bunch.  We had one of those giant box televisions, where the actual screen was probably only 15″, but the console took up seven feet {or something like that}.  To be honest, my mom wasn’t a fan.  And my dream of being on The Brady Bunch was never fulfilled.
  2. I had an imaginary friend. – Jamie Risin.  He was my friend for a short period of time.  For those who can remember what happened when a landline was off the hook for too long (when the beeps would start and then a recording would come on and say “I’m sorry..etc”) I thought that woman was, in fact, his mother.  How did I deduce this?  I have no idea.
  3. I didn’t understand an apartment. – I was in second grade and we had to write our addresses on a form.  There was a space for an apartment number.  I for the life of me couldn’t figure out what an apartment was and how one lived there.  We had very few apartments in the small town I grew up in, and so the idea was very foreign.  It wasn’t until my grandmother moved into an apartment that I understood the need for an apartment number.
  4. I thought water was the same thing as hairspray. – The 80’s was a weird decade.  The fashion and hair choices are extremely questionable.  Since the internet was nonexistent and my parents did not subscribe to any magazines, I had to rely on my own sleuthing to figure out what was “cool.” I figured that if I wanted to have 80’s bangs I would need to put something in my hair to make them stand up.  Unfortunately, my solution was water – which in fact is NOT the same thing as hairspray.  My sleuthing skills were definitely not up to par.
  5. Anatomy confused me – I had a brother who constantly complained about getting kicked in his “area.”  He was always SO upset when it happened.  Of course, I was a complete and utter drama queen and thought that if I complained about this happening to me I would get attention as well.  So, one day I screamed that I got kicked right in the “area.”  My mother QUICKLY informed me that girls, in fact, do not have those.

What are some of your crazy stories of childhood?  Did you think any of the same things?

what were they thinking