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

when i was 8 i was talking to a friend about periods and he said he asked his mom and she said "that's girl stuff" so i thought that a period was when girls do "girl stuff" like play with dolls and talk on the phone for a long time. one day my friend (different one) told me to call him after school and i said "i cant, my mom's probably on her period"

Matt

I used to think that my aunt's pads were actually special tissues in packages. I would take them out of her bag and beg her to tell me what they actually were, and she never would... I'd end up running of crying because she was 'mean'. Mind you I was 3. :)

Anon

I used to believe Tampons were the shape of a arrow! My older sister told me, horrified one day, that instead of those pads mum uses, our aunt used tampons! After asking, with wide eyes, what they were, she described them as arrows you had to put in yourself!
For a good few years I couldn't figure out why my aunt would do that!

Anon

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