In the third grade, I became curious about periods, and asked my mother what it was. She simply told me it was "when your bellybutton bleeds once a month". Well, i mentioned this to a girl in my class, and her mother had told her it was "when your bum bleeds once a month". (gross..) Anyway, we figured out what was in between, and solved the mystery
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- i used to believe when iwas young that during periods, one bleeds through thier breastsAnon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- When I was little my sister told me salt was ground up dinosaur bones...I barley ate for a month...— Chandler
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- My sister believed that october was the 10th month!— Sally
- The moon was actually either a sugar cookie or a banana, depending on the time of the month. — Jessica Aspra