When i was small i didn't really know what tampons were for but i had a little idea. when my mates used to come over and play i used to soak them in water and chase my friends around the house with them. they would freak out and i would be having the time of my life.that is until my sister came home one day and saw me doing this. that was the end of the running tampon.

camel man

I used to think that girls who were beginning to have periods got them once a year before they became more frequent. I would play high school barbies with my sister and when the boyfriends came over, she'd say, "I can't. It's that time of the year."

Imani B.

when i was little i believed that tampons were invisible crayons and so i took them to school and gave them to my friends.

Anon

My friend told me about a guy one time that asked her if she had got her period yet. When she replied that she got it every month, he said in surprise, "You mean you get it more than once?"

Anon

When I was about 8 years old my friend Alice told me that all women would bleed once a month, and that this would happen to us when we were older.

I was horrified, and imagined blood coming out of all of our pores. Then I didn't believe her because I was sure that I had never seen any grown up woman I knew walking around with blood pouring out from everywhere.

CK

I got my first period exactly one week before my mom had her hysterectomy (sp?) and i didnt tell her because i thought she'd be so mad at me because she wouldnt have one anymore!

Anon

This is actually something my little brother thought when he was 5 or 6 - He had need pads and tampons in the bathroom at home, but was too embarassed to ask my mom what they were for. He thought that when a girl reached a certain age that she couldn't control her bladder anymore, and that's what all that stuff was for. My brother thought this for YEARS until he found out otherwise!

Rofl in Tx

Well this isn't about me but I had to explain to my friend David at aged 15 that boys didn't have periods because he became very paranoid that he would start bleeding from his penis at school. Aw bless ya Dave x x x

Beth (aged 18)

I used to believe that what came out when you got your period was blue, because of the ads on tv where women would pour blue liquid onto a pad to show absorbancy. I was surprised and a bit disappointed to find out the truth during puberty.

Anon

After being shuffled in and out of the movie room for the much anticipated sex education film, I couldn't figure out why the danger of pregnancy was discussed so severely. If you couldn't become pregnant unless you started your period then why not just have sex when you were not menstruating?? My goodness, what was so hard about that?

Barbara

I'd been told that a period was when, once a month, a woman would bleed. Now, I was a fairly laid-back little girl, so this idea didn't bother me much. After all, the only bleeding I'd ever witnessed was from little scrapes and cuts, so naturally, I thought any bleeding would only last a minute or two. I was more than a bit pissed off, then, when my period came along and lasted a full week!

Anon

When I was little, I used to believe that tampons were for putting between your breasts for some mysterious purpose. I think it was to absorb the milk so it wouldn't stain your shirt.

db

i used to think that pads were for when a woman peed more.
i decided that the next time i nearly peed my pants, i was going to demand a pad from my mother, because she was hogging them for herself...

tm

i used to belive that my mum was secret cigar smoker (she keept the cigars in the tiolet) it was when i hit puberty that i relaised what the "cigars" really were!

alex

My mother told me that you can't use a tampon until you are married so when I was 18 years old and in the navy I was having a period while in boot camp. I went to medical to get pads and the corpman hands me a tampon. I proceeded to tell her, "Oh, I can't use those, I'm a virgin." and She sais to me..."what the hell does that have to do with the price of eggs!"

Giulia

When my mum used to talk to my sister about her periods, she used to mention that she'll need clean towels every month.

I thought that a period used to be a monthly holiday!

Duncan

I had no idea what maxi pads were for and stocked my Barbie townhouse with maxi pad beds one day

Peg

There was an ad that appeared in my mum's women's magazines, showing a woman in a little black strapless evening dress. The text said something like, "At last a towel you can wear without it showing through your clothes." I believed she had a beach- or bath-towel wrapped around her body, left on underneath her dress. Although I wasn't sure why.

adbuster

I used to think that guys had periods, too.

Laurie

One day I was going to paint my fingernails and I saw my mother's tampons under the sink. I figured they were "Mommy Toys" whenever mommies became bored. Then my mom yelled "snack time!" I ran downstairs... yay! fruit rollups! (fruity sticky gummy stuff all rolled up) And then my strange, curious mind thought they fruit rollups looked like tampons! So I took a tampon out and thought maybe my dog would like it since my mom didn't allow me to give food to the dog. My dog chewed and chewed and so then my Mom told me not to do that again. I have always believed in "Mommy Toys" until I turned 11 and then horrer story was told... twice ^_^ lol

Shelbodog