when my mother told me what a period was she told me "when you get older your gonna start peeing blood" so i thought that you were supossed 2 sit on the toilet and actually pee blood for a few seconds and that would be it. then she told me that it can last up to a week so I thought "oh my god, im gonna be sitting on the toilet for a whole week straight? Oh well, at least I can stay home from school"
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that salt would dry up all of my blood because my mother told me so.— Charlotte H
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- We were always told that if we drank vinegar our blood would dry up— Mike B. London
- I was told when I was little that eating too much salt on your food would "dry up your blood".Anon