When You Were A Kid
By popciclecold
@popciclecold (35084)
United States
December 4, 2022 1:36pm CST
Things have changed so much, but I was thinking about when I was a kid, they could scare us by saying they were going to call the boogeyman man, or telling us stories about ghosts. How they would come back, and haunt them. I was just wondering if there are any here that was raised or believed in things like that. We were afraid of a lot of things. What about you?
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@marguicha (215367)
• Chile
4 Dec 22
A maid we had then told me that if I went out, the gypsies would come and kidnap me. I always wanted that to happen because then there were gypsies near my neighborhood and I wanted to wear those awesome dresses they wore.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
4 Dec 22
I forgot about gypsies, they sure did wear awesome clothes.
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@marguicha (215367)
• Chile
4 Dec 22
@popciclecold When my mom made us costumes for some holiday, I always asked her for a gypsy dress
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
4 Dec 22
@marguicha Kool, I remember the awesome colors they wore They were beautiful.
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@RebeccasFarm (86759)
• United States
5 Dec 22
Not really afraid or scared but my childhood home was haunted.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
5 Dec 22
Really, Wow. You must tell us about that sometimes.
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@RebeccasFarm (86759)
• United States
5 Dec 22
@popciclecold Yes I hope I remember to do so.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48926)
• United States
5 Dec 22
My parents didn’t try to scare us, but my friends and I liked to tell ghost stories and watch spooky movies.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
5 Dec 22
Oh, I could never watch spooky movies. I'd be afraid to to go to bed.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48926)
• United States
5 Dec 22
@popciclecold I loved spooky comics too.
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@RasmaSandra (73365)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Dec 22
Yep, that sounds about right. I once read about how kids cope in modern times and one kid told his mom he was afraid there were terrorists under his bed. Modern times, modern things scare kids now,
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
5 Dec 22
I didn't know that. So it is still the same. But different. Thanks for telling me.
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@RasmaSandra (73365)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Dec 22
@popciclecold it is unfortunate but reasonable with all that is happening in the world today that kids would now be afraid of terrorists.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
5 Dec 22
Me, the boogeyman going to get you if you bad! Aside of Santa won't bring anything if you bad girl.
When little, you believed! 
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
5 Dec 22
Oh, yeah the thought of Santa, not giving you Christmas, I had forgot that one. Lol.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
6 Dec 22
@popciclecold
Yes, ... parents had a way to keep us in check.
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@snowy22315 (169914)
• United States
5 Dec 22
We kids used to tell stories like that to scare each other but I don't think any of us took them to heart.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
5 Dec 22
Wish we didn't. I use to be so afraid.
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@kaylachan (57610)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Dec 22
My family was very religious, so they would ensile the fear of god into me (or try), since I didn't really have a lot of ways to rebel as a kid, I rejected their religion. I still kind of pray from time to time, but I don't attend church or anything like that.
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@kaylachan (57610)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Dec 22
@popciclecold It was supposed to, but it didn't for me. I remember being taken to confession, and not knowing what to say, because I rarely did anything, except argue with my parents from time to time. And, one of the ten commandments, is honor thy father and mother. Well, we also need to be human and disagree, too.
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@wolfgirl569 (95105)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Dec 22
I always wanted to meet the boogeyman
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
5 Dec 22
You are the only one who does. Lol.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
4 Dec 22
It was really scary at that time.
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