when i was about 9 or 10, i knew about periods,but not enough. i was reading an advertisment for tampons in a magazine, and judging by the details, it sounded like you stuck them up your you-know-what. i laughed off the idea, because i thought that couldnt possibly be what happened.
...then i found out i was right
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- once me and my friend stuck her mums tampons up are butts thinking that you didnt have to poo— ha ha ha ha
- i used to believe that women wore bras because their periods happened in their boobies.Anon
- I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.— only me
- I use to think i heart attack was when you got stuck in an elevator. I have no idea how i came to believe thisAnon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- --I thought if I swung hard enough in my swing i could possibly reach an airplane
— dusty chenille