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.}
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.