One time on TV I saw a commercial for pads, and being little and curious, I asked my mom what they were for. She said that lots of people pee a little bit when they laugh, cry or cough and the pads were to absorb the pee!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon
- I used to think that maxi pads were big band-aids.— Keesha
- I used to think that pads were little diapers for my baby dolls.. haha— Lalala
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- When I was little, I thought pads were a fashion accesory. I didn't find out until Grade 4.— Fashionably Challenged