People have been confessing things they learned far too late in life – 23 stunners

13.

‘When I was in college (21/22 years old), I was getting ready to go out and it hit me like a lightning bolt – if you just thread the small end of the belt through your belt loops all the way around, literally any belt can fit your pants!

‘Because up until then, I thought sometimes I just had belt loops that were too small for certain belt buckles.

‘I ran out to my friends and was like “Guys – check this out!” as I proceeded to demonstrate for them what I had just learned. I genuinely thought they’d be excited for me? It was then I learned that everyone else on earth knew the right way to wear a belt except my dumb ass.

‘Unbelievable how many times up until then I spent trying to jam the buckle side in first and coming to the conclusion I just needed bigger belt loops.’
Trenuk13

14.

‘My sister was in her 50s when she found out the meaning of: “you have an addictive personality”.

‘She thought after all these years of therapy that it meant that people were addicted to her personality. We laugh hysterically when we talk about this (in a very sad way).’
casper02127

15.

‘You don’t have to rip the plastic top off of your new deodorant with your teeth or pliers or anything. You can just turn the base until it comes up enough to just take it off.’
SanibelMan

16.

‘I learned that pork and beans are not called “cowboy beans”. I was 18 and asked a grocery store clerk to help me find the “cowboy beans”.

‘We were looking everywhere and I was getting frustrated because I know that every store carries these beans. After a while I pick up a pork and beans can with a picture and say “see, it looks just like this!”

‘He says “you mean pork and beans?” Then I realize that my mom called them that so that I would eat them. The look of disappointment from that grocery store clerk haunts me to this day.’
whyunoletmepost

17.

‘I thought that ‘prima donna’ was ‘pre-Madonna’ and that it meant everything before the singer Madonna and just assumed she was some kind of universal queen.’
vienna_versailles

18.

‘I was probably 21 or 22 when I learned that whole milk is only 3% fat. I always thought it was 100, and when I saw reduced as being 2% I thought “why wouldn’t they do 50% or somewhere in the middle?”
willk95

19.

‘It took me 18 years to realize shampoo goes before conditioner. I always wondered why my fair felt silky smooth before I used the shampoo.’
mangofarmer

20.

‘I thought ponies were just baby horses until the age of 23.’
Lowkey_Retded

21.

‘Things aren’t supposed to start to get blurry at about 15-20 feet. Learned I needed glasses at like 26 from one of these threads.

‘Yes people you are supposed to be able to see individual leaves on trees. Hope someone else can be helped like I was.’
sb_747

22.

‘When people say quote unquote I thought they were saying quote on quote.’
LF_redit

23.

‘I was like, 22? working at a restaurant making myself a salad, and I asked the chef for bumps and he stared at me for like, 60 solid seconds trying to figure out what I wanted.

‘I explained to him I wanted bumps for my salad. I have all the rest of the toppings but now needed bumps.

‘Guys … my family told me croutons were called bumps my entire life. I called my dad that night and confirmed that bumps are indeed, actually called croutons.’
YesAccident5991

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