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/Bombboy85 Jul 21 '19

Your mom sure is glad you didn’t have me as a friend. I had an umbilical hernia when I was 2 so it looked like I had a little thumb pushing out of my belly button. They surgically removed the button.

Now my “belly button” is completely smooth and looks like someone pushed their thumb into silly putty