at about age 9, a friend told me that each month - at the exact same time each month - women lay eggs which are then cleverly caught by Tampoons (cloths with a dip in the middle for the laid egg). I can vividly recall my horror and remained convinced of my imminant egg-layage for another 3 years.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I convinced my sister that chocolate milk was made out of Keebler cookie elves, she believed me for a month— Rainbow Steel
- I used to believe that cows laid beef, like the way chickens laid eggsAnon
- The moon was actually either a sugar cookie or a banana, depending on the time of the month. — Jessica Aspra
- My parents told me that scotch eggs were laid by a Haggis. — sarah c
- For years I thought that spunk was a male period and that boys spunked once a month - Yeah right!— Stupid Child
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya