In Sex Ed. in 5th grade, one day someone mentioned condoms, and the teacher said she would bring one in tomorrow.
The next day, the girl in our class who had been held back was telling everyone about how last year the condom had "popped off" the cucumber being used fot the demonstration. I, being innocent and having no idea what a condom was, immediately assumed it was some sort of explosive device.
When the teacher begain the demonstration, I inched my chair backwards to avoid being caught in the line of fire. When I reallized what a condom actually was, I felt silly.
The funny thing is, I was in another sex ed. class a few years later and, when we were given a condom demonstration again, I found I was still afraid of them.
A childhood belief about condoms
others believed things like this
- For some reason, I used to think that a 'condom' was a kind of hairstyle. No idea why.— SW
- Until I was about 10 years old, I used to believe that a condom was a type of lollipop!— Marcel
- When I was about 6 years old, I thought "condom" was short for "condominium!"— Confused Child
- For some reason i used to think that condom was another name for your boobs! — Claire
- Used to believe that a condom was a little fold-up bag that you feed to your dog so it poop in a bag.— Anais Daehao
- When I was little I thought a condom was short for condominiam Anon