What things were you told growing up that were just plain lies?

Many lies:

1) That we’d use math everywhere all the time as an adult.

2) That adults really had much of an idea what was going on.

3) That the best way to stop bullies was to ignore them. (No, it was to get better at fighting and then beat them so hard they probably had brain damage after.)

4) That I’d understand when I was older. Nope, just adults attempting to gaslight me about their bullshit decisions.

5) “This is for your own good.” Very fucking similar to the above.

In fact, most of what adults told me was lies where I grew up. It’s one of the reasons I’m such a reflexive contrarian now. Or at least I tend to be.