my cousin found a sanitary pad of my aunts. When she asked what they were my ant explained that they were 'ladies things'. So the next day my aunt hears my cousin shouting "Mum I'v got a ladies thing stuck to the back of my neck". It was a plaster. She obviously thought that the pads were plasters.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought the lyrics to "Single Ladies" were "If you liked it, then you should've put your name on it."Anon
- I thought that the role of Lollipop ladies was to give out lollies. Shame!— Helen
- when I saw those prepare to meet thy god signs I thought they were beauty parlours for religous ladies only!— knuckles
- I used to think that the sound after the toilet was flushed was ladies singingAnon
- I used to believe that the reason ladies had big bouffant hairdos was that their heads were shaped that way.— Bea
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly