I used to watch the commercials for pads and think that they were for women who wet their pants.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- 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 belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie
- I used to think that pads were little diapers for my baby dolls.. haha— Lalala