When I was an innocent 9 year old, my mum gave me a book on pubety and sex. It disturbed me greatly that I was going to start laying eggs (like a chicken in my mind) when I reached about 11 years old!

Sal

The first time I asked my mother what a period was she said it was when a girl pees blood. Because I hadn't yet started having periods I was worried that my pee was pee instead of blood!

Susan

Before I knew what getting your period was exactly, i knew that it had to do with eggs. So every time I would go to the bathroom, I would check the toilet to see if I had laid an egg...

Sarah

I used believe that when you had your period the blood would come out of your vagina, and your nipples. So i thought the purpose of the bra was to keep the blood from leeking out of that area.

McKenzie

I used to believe the blood came all at once - didn't understand why you could just sit on the toilet while it came out!

Anon

my mom used to think that you had to have sex to use tampons.

nina

when i was little i thought womes used tampons in order not to pee themselves!!!

mrs

My brother used to believe a feminine napkin was something only women could blow their noses with.

Anon

when OB Tampons first came out and they advertised that there was no aplicator i was so confused because for some reason i thought the aplicator was the string. so i asked my mom how they were supposed to get the tampon out after they put it in.

Danica

When I was little I would go through my mother's purse and find tampons. I always thought they were some sort of candy, and I would get mad when she wouldn't share any with me! (x_x)!!

Andrea

I used to believe that when you had your period you would bleed out of a hole in your skin, kind of at the bottom of your tummy. I thought when it happened to me i would just use a band-aid to stop the bleeding. my friend told me it happened in year 4 so I dreaded year 4 for many years. I also thought it only ever happened once. (if only it were true.) I soon figured out it happened every month but still thought it was a one day event so when I got my period for the first time that night I didn't use a pad because I thought it was all over. I had a rude awakening.

Jo

I used to think that pads were adult diapers in case you had to go to the washroom during long meetings at work. The commercials always showed business women.

Anon

I saw blood on a mattress once and asked if someone had been killed while sleeping on it. Later I learned about menstruation.

Soap

I used to beleive that if you wore a pad, you would automatically get your period, because on the box it said" pulls fluids away quickly" I remember putting one on and then feeling something leaking out of me.... turns out i had just peed my pad.

Too Bad

My Guy Friend Used To Think That When Youu Had A Period You Un-Plugged Youur Vagina And Blood Would Come Out. He Thot the Tampons Were The Plug.
One Day I Was In Town and Said I Need To go Home Cuz I Had My Period. He Then Said i Was Dirty And Shouldnt Be Un-Plugging In The Middle Of The Town. He Was So Embarassed When I told Him. Please Note He Was !5

Anon

I used to believe that the wrapper things you peel off sanitary napkins (you know, to reveal the sticky part) were called appetites, and they were important because they told you how much you ate. Once, me and my sister found some "appetites" of our own. But I ended up losing mine, and that made me cry for a long time. I explained to my parents that I was crying because "I lost my appetite!"

Maureen

I was confused about the term "plastic applicator" for tampons. I thought it might be like a plastic butter knife that could be used to spread something onto your underwear.

Giselle