My friend Theresa's mom told her that if you used a tampon, that you weren't a virgin anymore. She didn't believe me when I told her the truth and for all I know, she still doesn't.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- when i was 11, i used to beieve that if you wore a tampon u were NOT consider as a virgin— the stupid one
- i was once told that a virgin was someone who had sex with a man from another country!Anon
- My mom once told me that if you only had sisters, you were a virgin.Anon
- i used to think a virgin was a type of nun because of the 'Virgin Mary' being religous!!!Anon
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- one of my friend's was told by his father that if you didn't turn mirrors over the reflection would run out.— pri