When I was in 6th grade my health teacher kept talking about 'rubbers'. I was like... what the hell is that? I knew what a condom was at the time... and for some reason I thought when she said rubbers she was talking about those yellow rubber rain boots... it made no sense to me how wearing boots would help during sex.

Sue

When i was around 10 years old, condoms were distributed in our street as a part of social awareness program, but we the kids in the street didnt know wat they were really used for , thought they were distrubeted to make big sized balloons for a special event in the street.
So we started making very big balloons, so that we had a competition of making the biggest balloons in the street.
While everyone was wondered why the balloons very so sticky and had different shape at the tip when blown and were looking different from normal balloons.
After several years now i knew what we actually made a competition on ;)

From India

When I was very little I heard the word condom used. My mom had explained to me that if married people didn't want to have children they had to use a condom. The closest word I had ever heard to it was the word condiment so I figured condom was just an abreviation. Well one day there was a bit of a family gathering at my house, including my cousin who had just recently gotten married. Well she was discussing with my mom and some of my other relatives that she didn't want to have children. So trying to help my cousin I ran into the kitchen and grabbed the mustard, I ran back put the mustard in her hands and said "You have to use a condom like this if you don't want kids". EVERYONE laughed forever!!! and now I'm married and just had my first child. I had my cousin over a few weeks back (which is what reminded me of the story), She had brought me gift, I told her how thoughtful it was, and after I unwrapped it.....yeah Mustard. She then said "now you said you didn't want another for a while so use this wisely".

Mustard Man

I know someone who said that when he was younger, he thought that condoms were for getting the baby you wanted, in the sense that you flicked a switch to "boy" if you wanted a boy. And you flicked a switch to "girl" if you wanted a girl. And if you wanted twins you would flick a switch to "Twins"

Ni! Ni!

When I was younger, I used to think that a condom was shaped like a sanitry towel, and it never occured to me to wonder why it was shaped this way and not another! I did ponder how people managed to have sex with a big, thick thing between them!

Annabel

i used to beleive that a comdom machine would stop you getting pregnant. Not the condoms. the actual machine.

Mr scared-of-swimming-pool-changing-rooms.

When I was too young to be told about sex and contraception I asked my mother what condoms were, she replied saying go ask your step-dad. So I went upstairs to ask my step-dad what condoms were, to which he replied, Polar Bears hats...and so I went on believing that condoms were polar bears hats for a while until I was educated about sex!!

Ruby

when i was small i found a box of condoms in my parents room and because there was loads in it (must have been a 12pack or more, makes me sick to think of it!) i took one thinking they wouldnt notice and opened it to see what it was. i thought it was a balloon and my dad walked in and caught me trying to blow it up. then when i asked him what it was, he told me that men carried them incase they needed to go to the toilet and couldnt get to a bathroom! i think my initial balloon idea was better, he should have left it at that!

Paddy C

one day i was in a convienent store, and right next to the candy were all your lifestyles, and trojans. i saw one brand called "rough rider" and it said on the box "5 rubber condoms" i asked my mom what condoms were and they said they were to keep you from getting pregnat. i figured that they were rubber underwear that you would wear to prevent any penetration whatsoever. like you would just hop all over eachother and thats it.

i had seen a real condom before too i just didnt know it... LOL.

Naive