The third day after I started my period (I was 11), my mom's friend invited me and her to go with her and her daughters to a water park. I hadn't told my mom at the time that I was on my period (I used to be really shy about it) so I didn't have any access to a tampon. A friend of mine had told me once when we were like 8 or 9 that when you had your period and you were in a pool, if anyone saw the blood, they would drain all the water out of the pool and scrub it down to disinefect it. So I was terrified the entire time at the water park that this would happen to me. Just to add to the silliness of this, I was dumb enough to sit on a white towel, then hand it to my mom afterwards when I went to swim. Needless to say, I had bled on it and she was afraid I'd started and didn't know I had. I was a weird kid.
A childhood belief about swimming pools
others believed things like this
- 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 dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon
- I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.— Mimi
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that if you left crumbs out for a long period of time, they would turn into ants.— Bylaberrie
- That you had to marry your sibling. During this period of time I devoliped a crush on my brother.— don't worry I'm a girl