When I was 11 or 12 I used to travel with my father who was a salesman. When we stopped at gas stations, I would go to the bathroom. At truck stops there would usually be a condom machine in the men's bathroom. I was always curious about comdoms and wanted to put in a quarter to get one and see what it was like. However, I believed that a loud alarm would go off if anyone under-age bought one.

Anon

I had a friend who thought that flavoured condoms where so that there would be a nice smell during sex, not for a nice taste during... another activity. She believed this until we were 17 yearts old and i told her what was what, she was totally disgusted and I am not sure if she believed me!!

hailz

I once walked into my parents' bedroom (no, this isn't going where you think it is!) and saw that my mother had left a box on the bed, marked "Oral Contraceptives."

For a while, I became convinced that a woman could get pregnant by giving a man a blowjob, and she had to take oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy.

Walks-the-Umbra

I used to believe you could make a good condom by cutting a finger off a rubber glove. What would one expect from a 9 year old?

Anon

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!

i used to believe that condoms were thing that u put in your mouth and they would melt and kill all the sperm

Anon

one of the guys i go to school with came to school with the massave clear water balloon. everyone kept telling him that it was a condom, but he was like "no its not, i found it in my brothers sock drawer!".... hmmm... i wonder why...

danielle

when i was younger i was being babysat by my uncle and his girlfriend, i went into my parents room and found a used condom in their night table, so i picked it up and went to ask what it was, well they tried beating around the bush until my parents got home, later that night my mom had to make up something because my curious mind was not about to drop the subject, she told me it was for daddy when he went on overnight fishing trips and they wore them to pee in .. i was upset later to find out what it really was in life

JFINK

When I was in primary, I heard the big kids talking about condoms. For a while I thought that they were some sort of life-jacket. I still don't understand how i made that connection...

mayzis

I've been interested in science from a very young age. When I was about 10, I had read about animals finding mates via pheromones. I assumed that pheromones played an important part in human mating, too. I thought that men and women enjoyed sex because of pheromones passing between their sex organs!

Then I learned that a condom prevents fluid exchange, but I didn't know what a condom looked like. So I assumed that it was an elaborate contraption to convey pheromones between partners during sex! I imagined a plastic device with tubes connecting the two people. I remember asking an older friend about condoms, admitting that "I don't know how all the tubes work." He got a funny expression and changed the subject. Later on, when I finally learned the truth, I was so embarassed of my wild imaginings!

Michael

For some reason, I used to think that a 'condom' was a kind of hairstyle. No idea why.

SW

For some reason, I always used to think condoms and condiments were the same thing. So whenever someone asked if I'd like any condiments on my hot dog I would just laugh and say no.

Kerry

When I was around eight my discovered I had som pornomags I had found in a container. She told me that the people in the magazines were doing bad things, and that it was dirty. Then naturally she threw them away. At this point I had learned what a condom was, and was horrified when I discovered that my dad had pack in his nightstand drawer. I couldn't figure out why they would do something that bad, and I thought somehow they must be slowly be going insane. It was the only explanation I could come up with. I was terrified because of this, because I wouldn't know what to do if they actually went nuts after a while. Finally I mustered up the courage to confront them about it, and my dad explained to me how grown ups have something called sexual urges, and that if they didn't have sex now and then they would go insane. I hadn't mentioned the insanity part of my assumption when asking about, so I was even more puzzled by this. Actually I think he meant to say that it would become frustrating after a while, but of course I didn't understand until much later. After that I thought adults would end up in the nut house if they didn't have intercourse on a regular basis, and I still couldn't fogure out why I was told it was bad when it was magazines, but not elsewhere.

Christer

When i was a nipper my mum told me that condoms were sweeties for grown ups - i believed it for years!! :-)

LCF

When I was in the 4th grade, I used to think a rubber ( condom ) was something a guy puts on as part of his football equipment. Helmet, mouthguard, kneepads, rubber, etc etc...Hahaha!
Didn't find out the truth until a year later, and was REALLY embarassed!!

Jill F.

I used to believe that you had to tie condoms on with string... to stop them falling off you understand, at least thats what my older sister told me!

James Banister

my mum, my little sister (who was 8 at the time) and I (who was 13) were in a public girls washroom at the mall, when my sister saw a vendor for flavoured condoms. there was a picture on it of an ice cream cone. she pointed at it and said to me, "can i have a quarter to buy an ice cream?" i laughed about that incident the whole day, you should have seen the colour of red my mums face turned. haha

hahahahhaha

I used to think that Gas Stations would make you pay for paper towels to dry your hands and the Condom machines where their dispensers. I told my Dad in disbelief. I thought; "How could the Gas Station owners be so cheap." After he finally figured out what I was talking about, he laughed and that spawned "The Talk". Now I know, Paper Towels are expensive and Gas Station owners don't make a lot of money. :)

Paper Towels 50 cents each.

When I was younger I saw the movie Naked Gun and there is a part when the couple in the movie wear full body condoms and roll around in bad (obviously it was a joke part of the movie)... I forever thought that that is how condoms work... boy was I wrong!!!

Completly covered

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