My mum never talked to me about periods, so I just picked up information as a I went along.
I didn't realise they only happened once every four weeks - I thought once they started you didn't stop bleeding until menopause.
I'm so glad I was wrong...
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I also used to think that Mommies didn't have periods. I thought it went away once you had a baby.— T
- Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!Anon
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- i used to believe that women wore bras because their periods happened in their boobies.Anon
- when i was 5 i thought menopause was when men pauses in life— princess
- When I was young, I thought Menopause was a button on the VCR— JWags