When I was about 6, I knew about pads but not tampons. I thought that you pulled the tampon out of the plastic then unfolded it until it was a pad. Now I'm really a little glad they explained tampons to us before I tried to unfold a tampon into a pad and use it...
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.— only me
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart. Anon
- when i was 11, i used to beieve that if you wore a tampon u were NOT consider as a virgin— the stupid one
- I used to think that if you sneezed while wearing a tampon it would shoot out like a rocket. — Crazy Kid