Until I was into my preteens I used to believe that women wore maxi-pads just in case they pee'd in their underware (kinda like adult diapers).
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- Adult diapers feel and sound just like baby diapers but dont have the cool prints on them— jakjflkaj
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon
- I used to think that maxi pads were big band-aids.— Keesha
- I used to believe that maxi pads were worn backwards with the sticky side on your.....tutu.Anon
- My kids seen my maxi pads and now they think I wear Pampers now they call me Pamper lady!!— Angela
- I used to belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie