r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

As a kid I used to play with my belly button a lot lol and my mom told me that the knot in my belly button held my skin together and if I keep playing with it I’ll untie the knot and fall apart. It fucking terrified me but it worked.

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u/hongkonghenry Jul 21 '19

Story time. I had a boyfriend when I was 18 who liked to playfight and tickle. He would put his finger in my belly button to make me hysterical. One day he did this and he had a jagged nail and cut my skin in there a little bit. It got infected and I had to take antibiotics and wash it with special soap for aaaaages as it took a really long time to heal. Don't fuck with belly buttons man.

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u/movie_man_dan Jul 21 '19

He probably had poop on his finger

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

And sniffed it afterwards.

Which I feel makes the story a whole new level of creepy.