I used to think an orgasm was a special type of orange juice because it sounded similar.

HaPpY

when i was younger (maybe 7?) my mom got me this book about sex so that she wouldn't have to explain it to me herself. there was a section in there about masturabtion, which was defined as "playing with yourself." so for a while after that, if i was playing dolls or something by myself, i thought that was "masturbating."

jasmine

At some point, I think I was about 8, I had figured out that when you have sex, the guy's penis goes hard and it goes inside the vagina. I also knew that the whole thing 'ends' with an orgasm.

But no one had informed me of the movements involved - so I assumed sex was something really romantic where the guy lies on top of the girl, slides in, and then they just lie still and look each other in the eye and kiss while the good feeling just builds up inside them until they come.

Needless to say I was very disappointed once I realised how it really works. =(

Poppin

When I was little I had a vague idea of what an orgasm was: something that felt really, really good and was essentially the /other/ point of sex. I always figured that the orgasm lasted the entire sex session, and that's why people liked to do it so much.

When I was around eleven I found out that an orgasm only lasts about 10 or so seconds. I thought, "What a jip!" And vowed never to have sex, because having to wait 15 minutes for 10 seconds of pleasure seemed like a total waste of time.

Heather

when my son was about five years old and who used to suffer from asthma, was once telling our very nosey neighbour 'when mummy goes in the bedroom with daddy, she always gets an asthma attack, because I can hear her going "ooh ahh oh yeah ahh hu huh hoh"
I was too embarrassed to show my face for days afterwards I can tell you, kids eh

Nicky, Morecambe

I used to think that the word homosexual meant somone who has sex with their house. I was very little, therefore thought sex was kissing. I even tried kissing my wall, and the sofa.

Cherise

When I was about 8, I was told that when a woman and a man are ready to have children the man's penis enters the vagina and 'have sex'. What the word "sex" meant was not explained to me, so I made up a explanation in my head and thought that the end or 'head' of a man's penis falls off into the vagina, and grows into a baby.
That night, I tried removing the end of my penis, to no avail. I assumed I would never be able to concieve children, and was pretty upset about that for a few years, until sex education came along when I was about 14.

Bryce

When I first heard the word "autoeroticism", I thought that autoeroticism was like having sex with a car.

Anon

When I was little I thought a man's penis would move on it's own during sex. All they had to do was put it in the woman and then just lie there while it moves around like a snake. DUH!!

Jen

When I was little, I used to believe sex was illegal.

I was allowed to watch R-rated movies as I was growing-up, and it always seemed that the cops would arrest the guy while he was having sex; being unable to comprehend the plot, it seemed that the bad-guy could rob, murder, etc., without worry, but as soon as he and his girl were together, THAT'S when the cops would show-up.

Stu

When I was very young I somehow heard the word "dildo" and asked my father what it meant. He told me it was an electric banana. Now, fast forward to Thanksgiving with mother's side of the family and my mother is telling me I'm too young to listen in on the grownup's conversation. Well, I was having none of that! Squaring my shoulders proudly I loudly informed her (and everyone else) that I knew what a dildo was and generously provided the definition. They stared at me in shocked horror while my dad nearly fell off the couch in the other room laughing. Ah, to be a child again.

FuzzyBlueElf

I began playing the guitar when I was around twelve.One day when my cousins where all gathered at our house they wanted me to play some songs and so I did.As I finished playing, I took my guitar, got up and shouted "I WILL MASTURBATE" thinking that masturbation was creating masterpieces(wow).They still tease me about this... (PS all my cousins are male, i'm the only one female:p)

anti-trance

I couldn't understand it when my third grade school friends laughed at me when I told them that my parents were homosexuals. I thought a homosexual was anyone who had sex at home.

A proud sofasexual in Alabama

When I was about five or six, the girl down the street asked me if I knew what sex meant. She told me it was when adults got naked and kissed. That afternoon, my mother asked what game I was playing, and I replied, "I'm making my dolls have sex." Unfortunately, I only had one male doll, so he was sort of performing a naked dance for several of the female. I think I got that bit from watching birds choosing a mate.

Raechel

As a child, I somehow got nuns and prostitutes confused. At the same time I heard that a well known preacher had been seen entering a hotel with a prositute. My mom was very upset by this news. Being that I thought prostitutes were nuns, I suggested that maybe they had just gone into the hotel to pray together. I suggested this to my mom, and her reply was "I don't think so." I was so upset with everyone for jumping to conclusions.

Anon

Before I was aware that not all sex is heterosexual, I wondered how a man could be raped. I had this weird mental image of a woman dancing seductively such that the man was totally mesmerised and couldn't help but have sex with her!

Sarah

When I was a kid my dad explained to me what prostitution was. He said it was when, "someone sells their body for sex", and I couldn't understand why anybody would chop off their limbs just so they could have sex.

Sean

When I was about 6 or 7, my brother said "Barney is so gay!" so I asked my mother what it ment and she said happy. So, I went around and exclaimed to all my family members (ALL of them, it was some sort of reunion or get together) that I was gay. And I persisted, even when they told me to stop saying it. The really funny thing is, I had to do it again last year, when I was 17.

Mark

when i was younger i believed that when two guys had sex they would sword fight with their penises

Anon

When I was in kindergarten, I thought that sex meant a good time. When my parents asked me how my very first day of school went, I said that I had sex. :D

Anon