When I was little and went to the store with my mom she always bought those maxi - pads after getting me some candy to keep me quiet. I thought the maxi - pads were candy, too, and that she was trying to hide them from me. I used to go home and yell at her for not sharing her candy.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- 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 thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon