I used to masturbate when I was real young (I guess I didn't really know what it was, something to do with sex, and it felt good) and when I first learned about AIDS and HIV, and that you could catch it without using condoms I freaked, thinking that *I* might have AIDS cos I had "sex" or whatever and didn't use protection! Now of course I know all about it... I think....

Safe Sex

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

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

Anon

I had a friend who sang a song that included the line 'stick your willy in a condom'. I knew about willies, but not condoms, so when I got home I looked it up in the dictionary, and somehow read the definition for 'condor' (I assume), so for years I thought that's what men had to do. Like, every day.

Anon

I was rummaging through my father's "special" drawer when I was about 12 years old, and came across his stash of Fourex condoms. I was pretty intelligent, and read the box. It explained that the condoms were made of natural sheep skin. Well, having put 2 and 2 together, the only conclusion I could come to was that the company took the skin off of a ram's penis and rolled them up. What do you expect from a 12 year-old? It never occurred to me that the men wanting sex and using condoms would WAAAAAAY outnumber the amount of ram's awaiting death at the slaughterhouse.

Purple Pooter

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 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

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

In sex ed, we were talking about condoms, and a student (not me) rasied his hand and said "I know what those are, my parents live in one"

Becca

when i was a kid, I over heard my parents talking about condoms with each other. I asked them what they were and they said they were ballons that a man ties to his penis to trap the sperm. I didnt know what they ment by attached, so i figured that the man ties a string on his penis and fills a balloon with helium. I didnt make much sence

you dont know my name

when i was about 7 or 8, my friends and i would always go swimming at our health club's swimming pool. one day, we found a condom floating in the water. i picked it up, and my friend said it was probably a lotion sample from the locker room. we opened it, and we thought it was a bathing cap for your boob, (it was probably an XXL) we always thought that was incredibly funny until a few years later, after we knew what condoms were, we were looking back, and suddenly we all realised that what we were playing w/ was a condom. we were horrified and embarresed for weeks.

summer girl

I used to believe you had to stretch condoms over you testicles.

Anon

I used to beleive condoms were pills, until I saw an outline of one in a book about growing up, EWW!

Condoms r pills... right?

I used to think that condoms were just "willy warmers" and that they were woollen like a tea cosy and used to prevent the penis from getting cold and falling off

Monkey

when my mate was in playschool they were asked to bring in somthing red and she found a red condom in her parent room and she took it in and told every 1 that it was a clowns bollon then the teacher took it off her

brittany clayton

When I was about or 7 I overheard my mom, who works in a medical office, talking about the free flavored condoms they had recieved at work. One day, while at her office, I saw the condoms and thought they looked an awful lot like gum. I believed that a boy and girl would each chew on one while having sex. That was until I was 10 and was taught how they were reall used in sex education. Boy did I feel stupid.

lori

I use to think condoms was something very small, something you put inside the hole of the penis not over the penis.

Anon

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

I once found a condom wrapper in my parents room called "Magic in the moonlight" and I thought it was a magic trick. I begged my mom to show me how to do the magic trick, but she wouldn't. It wasn't until about 10 years later I was looking back on it and realized it was a condom.

OOPS!!