I saw a commercial on T.V when i was little and they were talking about sanitary napkins they called them "pads". I used to love to draw so I asked my mom for some cause I thought they were writing pads.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that sanitary napkins was the name of moist towellettesAnon
- I used to belive that sanitary napkins are used by girls coz they have no control over their pee.....— raj
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon
- When I was little, I thought pads were a fashion accesory. I didn't find out until Grade 4.— Fashionably Challenged
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- I used to think that maxi pads were big band-aids.— Keesha