my neighbor and i were playing barbie dolls at her house. i only had a couple, and only one ken, so we always played with her ken dolls. my barbie and her barbie were talking because they were about to go out on "dates" with some foxy kens, and her doll asked me if i had "taken my condoms yet". i had no idea what she was talking about, so she told me that condoms were pills you had to take before you went on dates. i really didnt think much of this...

Kate

This isn't my moment, but my mother's-

My mom's club was planning on providing a BBQ, and everyone was assigned what to bring. Well, in the middle of it all, my mom said "I'll bring the condoms!" when she really meant condoments. The boys hooted and laughed, I still don't think she lived that one down. lol

Anon

when i was younger i found a condom and came to the comnclusion that it was used as a raincoat by caterpillars.

kimberly vickers, uk

I watched a lot of cartoons as a kid, and some of the older cartoons make references to "rubbers." I always thought they meant rubber galoshes, so when a cousin finally explained that men wore rubbers during sex, I couldn't help but wonder what use galoshes were.

Cyan

I had a teenage cousin that I thought was the coolest guy in the world. He had a poster on the back of his door showing a woman in a nurses uniform holding an unrolled condom (I think it was an ad poster to convince people to use condoms).

Anyway, my mother is a nurse and I immediately thought that to use a condom it had to be put on you by a nurse!

Christopher

Once, as a teenager I had my cousins over. As they were snooping in my room they found a few condoms I had picked up from a concert earlier in the year. My 9 year old cousin looked at it puzzlingly and said " OH, I know what these are! These are those wee-wee protectors aren't they? To hold in the white stuff?" I couldn't help but laugh.

Rob Dozois

When I was little, I thought a condom was a hotdog cooker. Well one day I decided to put a hotdog in the condom, and the condom in the microwave. Lets just say heat and rubber don't mix well.( the plastic stuff melted.)

Ti

I used to think condoms were what males wore to keep their "privates" warm during winter.

Anon

When I was little I remember going to a public toilet with my dad and asking what the vending machine on the wall sold. He said "Err...chewing gum". I was so upset that he wouldn't buy me a packet, so many nice flavours, strawberry, banana, chocolate. It was only a few years later that I found out lolipops would perhaps have been a better description for them!
Yes, flavoured condoms!

Jess

When I was 9y.o. I found an extra large clear balloon in a foil packet in my parents bedroom and thought I'd show off my brilliant find to everyone on my school bus.
Sure enough my friends were impressed until some 12y.o. told everyone on the bus what it really was. I was so embarassed, got off the bus crying and ran home.

To make matters worse the next day the headmaster took the 12yo boy out of class to apologise to me, HOW EMBARASSING AGAIN!!!

Scaussie

When I was 6, I saw a condom on the ground in my neighborhood and my friends told me and my sister not to touch it. Somehow I believed that a condom was a "kingdom" where little people lived, and I wasn't allowed to touch it because I might kill the little civilians who lived in the "kingdom". I brought it up about ten years later, only to find that my sister believed the same thing.

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When I was 5 I found a box of condoms on my dads bedside table. I asked my mom what they were. She didnt want to have to explain that to a 5 year old so she told me that they were "Daddys Medicine" then when I was 10 my little brother found them and asked what they were. I told him what mom told me "They are daddys medicine" he asked why daddy needed medicine and I told him "I dont know. He must be really sick though because he has been taking it for 5 years" Mom still laughs about it.

Anon

When I was nine, I found some condoms in my aunt's bedroom. My cousin and I played with them like balloons (Couldn't figure out why they tasted so funny), even though I knew they were for adults. I unrolled one and told my cousin (pointing to the well at the end)that the woman would put them on her breasts so that the man would not get any milk in his mouth.

Lilly

When i was about 6 my mum and me were sitting on a park bench and i a used condom on the floor, but i thought it was a balloon so i said 'i think some one's had a party here' my mam looked at me shocked because she thought i was using a euphamism for sex before i said 'because theres a balloon on the floor'. i think she was relieved.

Anon

When I was little I used to look at the pictures on some of the comdom boxes and I saw girls in cowgirl outfits and swimsuits and things that said "for the best pleasure!" I used to think that it was an outfit inside the little box and they were called comdom outfits, like a signiture brand, like victoria secret and made all the people like you. Later I found what was in the box and I thought it was like a bath toy that tasted funny to teach you not to chew on things...

Chelly

When I was about 6 I went into a hotel toilet with my mother. It was a fairly posh place and they had bowls set up on the counter next to the plants. The bowls held very nicely wrapped complimentary condoms. With the sweet tooth I still have I immediately thought they were sweets and proceeded to nearly empty one of the bowls into my pocket. Later on while we were driving in the car I whip out one of my lollies and start to unwrap it excited for the free sweets I'd found. My mother nearly had a heart attack then almost died of laughter.

Kitty

I remember my boyfriend telling me that when he was little (about 6) he thought that a condom was a round creature with little spikes all over it. One time when he was playng on the park some other kid was mean to him so he called him a condom, he parents took him home straight away to show him exactly what a condom was lol.

Anon

Ok here is the story....when i was about 6 my mom had two condoms in her purse....i foud them and took them out. i had no clue what they were so i open the package. I went to my mom (she was sleep) "Mom can i blow up your balloons?" she mumbled "Yea sure whatever just leave me alone" I was a happy little somebody for a minute. I put my mouth on it and noticed it had a peppermint flavor. Yes, it was peppermint!!!!!!!! I licked it all over and blew it up. 1 hour later my mom sees the comdom package on the floor and i had an older sister she thought it was her she came yelling "What is this" i get up and show her the ballon I blew up "Mommy, Moommy i blew up your balloon. She laughs until this day.........

To Embarrassed To Tell The Story....Necey

My friend didn't know what a condom was, (he thought it was some sort of candy), so one day he told his mom, "When you go to the grocery store, could you get me some mint-flavored condoms?" You should have seen the look on his mom's face...

Minty

I used to think that some men wore condoms all the time instead of underwear - Like some men wore briefs, some wore boxers, some wore condoms. I also assumed there was a hole in the tip of it so they could go to the bathroom without taking it off.

F