When I was 11, I went to the bathroom, looked at my panties which I didn't do much and saw some brownish stuff. I didn't think it was my period cuz it was brown, so I thought, I pooped myself! But wait, it wasn't by my butt, more where my vagina was so I thought, OH NO! I've got an infection! Now I've got to stick that pill up my ass! (THOSE THINGS YOU USE WHEN YOU HAVE A YEAST INFECTION) so I called my friend, she pretended not to know but I knew she had her period but she didn't tell me so I had to tell her mom cuz mine was at work and when I find out its not poop or an infection I'm like, this is brown. I got an ugly period!

Marah

I thought maxi pads were for in case you had to pee your pants...kind of like a diaper.

Boomer

I used to believe that tampons were diapers for girls because they can't control when they pee...

Tien

when I was 13 one of my guy friends asked if it hurts to take off your pad..meaning sanitary pad. I wondered why on earth he thought it would hurt and he explained that it must hurt to tear the sticky side off your crotch. we had a good laugh and had to explain to our buddy that we don't stick it to our own skin but it actually sticks to the underwear. it was an enlightening moment for him that day. lol.

Jane

My mom has a heavy period and doesn't wear tampons because it would still leak to her pants.
Anyway, one day my day asked me, why doesn't she just very tampons? Wouldn't they just plug it up?

Yes. He thought that tampons actually plug up your vagina and stop any blood getting out. He was stumped when I asked him how he thought all the blood went away.

Anon

when i was little,like 8, i thought that a womans period was a subject in school.

kenny

You know before you actually get periods you have that white stuff... I thought that was my period... I was scared to tell my mom so I took her tampon and tried to use it... later she told me it "wasnt my time"

A white period

when i was little i thought tampons were "smartie" type candy. and i use to beg my mom if i could have a one. and i would go looking in her room for them. i was a sick little child

Anon

I used to believe that a menstral cycle was a cycle in the washing maching. (my sister told me that)

Anon

I had never been told about periods. So when i started I had no idea what it was, and I was scared.. I was putting
toilet paper in my underpants.. after a couple days it was from a darkish color to a redish. Once I realized it was
blood I thought I was bleeding to death. I was scared and
didnt want to tell my mom I was going to die! Well after a few days it was worse and I didnt FEEL sick... so I told
her there was blood in my pants.. she shoved me in the
bathroom with a sanitary pad and a sanitart belt (showing my age here) I had no idea what they were
or for.... but I figured it out.. and I didnt know all girls did this, it was never explained to me. I was only 12.. I guess in a few years I learned. It still makes me shake my head.

Aleah

When i was about 13 years old I was having a girly chat with my friend about periods and stuff. Then this boy in our class came over and asked us what we were talking about. At first we just giggled and said 'girl talk nothing for you to worry about' and he said 'what like periods?' and we said 'yeah'. Then he started asking about what it was like to have a period and we said stuff like 'trust me you don't wanna know' and 'it's really painful' Then after a while he said 'so do you just sit on the toilet for ages and let it all come out?' and me and my friend were like 'what?' He thought that you went to the toilet and it all came out in one go! he was shocked when we told him that periods last for about a week and every time you go to the toilet blood comes out!

Helen

my brother believes that pads are miniature diapers.he is 11.

Anon

i used to believe your period was a shot grown-ups got and it makes you pee blood.i learned the truth when i was about 10,in fourth grade heath.

Anon

My mother didn't personally explain the "facts of life" to me, I think -- I was given a book that I was free to read whenever I got curious. I got a lot of accurate info this way, except for one little thing. I believed that men had an equivelant to the women's "time of the month."

It was only fair, after all!

Yubi

when i was young (in about 1st or 2nd grade) i used to think that girls bled out of their nipples because i heard one of my older friends talking about bleeding.

Anon

As a little girl, I thought only SOME girls would get their period. So, naturally, I thought it would never happen to me... Then came my huge surprise at nine years old, went I noticed blood in my panties... I ran out of the bathroom crying and screaming for my mom, I couldn't believe it had actually happened to me. I still cried for the next few months before I finally understood and realized that ALL girls had periods, and not just a few unlucky ones...

Lizzie

I used to believe that tampons were used to get rid of spots(?)

Michelle

When I was about 10 my sister got her period and I was sad because I thought getting your period meant you were a woman and I wanted to be a woman already. I actually started crying because I was the only one in the house who didn't have hers!

Anon

When i first got my period, i didnt know what it was cuz it didnt look like blood. i thought i had pooped my pants until the thought came to me that it was my period.

did i poop my pants?

One time I was having a sleepover.I invited ALL my
friends! At night, when everyone was in bed, i went
to the toilet. What i didn't know was that my friend
Becky, went to the toilet before me! When i saw
blood, EVERYWHERE, i screamed! I woke the
WHOLE house! I thought it was me who was bleeding, not Becky! When i'd realised, you can
definitely say i was embarassed! My mum even said that i had ruined her beauty sleep! Next time i
have a sleepover, i'm not going to panic, when i see
blood!

I'm sooooooooooo embarassed!!!!!!!!!!