When I first got my period, my friend and I were talking about this new experience. We thought that you were fertile during your period, and only then. We wondered, "Why would anybody ever want to have sex? Wouldn't it be messy? What man would ever like that?"
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- In 6th grade, I thought that once you got your period, you'd have it forever!!!! 24/7Anon
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- i used to thought that period is when you pee like a baby for a few days...— i'm totally weird
- When my brother would go by condoms i thought that guys had period and that is what they usedAnon
- When I was a kid, I found out about a womans period and I thought that she would bleed through her breasts.— Michael
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon