When I was a little boy, I found my mother's tampons and asked what they were for. She wouldn't tell me, so I decided to try and figure it out by myself.
I noticed that they had a nice convenient loop of string on one end. Perfect for hanging them on doorknobs, so I figured that was what the string was for. I figured that since they hung on doorknobs that the tampons themselves must be fire protectors, so that if the house caught fire, the tampon would prevent the fire from entering that room. My mom got mad and kept removing them from the doorknobs, but still wouldn't tell me what they were for.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to think that tampons were meant to absorb women's urine so they wouldn't have to go to the bathroom.— Koyaanisqatsi
- My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart. Anon
- i used to think that you pull the string on a tampon and it would roll out to make a sanitary towelAnon
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- When I was little I used to believe that if I played with fire, then I would wet the bed. — Danielle