My friend told me about a guy one time that asked her if she had got her period yet. When she replied that she got it every month, he said in surprise, "You mean you get it more than once?"
A childhood belief about periods

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
- For years I thought that spunk was a male period and that boys spunked once a month - Yeah right!— Stupid Child
- As a kid every time I heard a person say "it's about time" I always replied "so what about it?"— Eli the Kid
- The moon was actually either a sugar cookie or a banana, depending on the time of the month. — Jessica Aspra
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- When I was little my sister told me salt was ground up dinosaur bones...I barley ate for a month...— Chandler