Once my friend and my brother where in our town's public swimming pool and my brother found a condom floating around. We thought it was a balloon but when our friend's father saw my brother holding it he freaked out and said to stop touching it. We aske what it was but he told us to ask our parents which we never did. Were about 10 and decided against asking mom since we figured it had to be bad due to the reaction from my friend's dad.
A childhood belief about condoms

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- When I was younger, I think i can change my brother with a friend— Mbaclé du 55
- My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth
- My older brother used to tell me that if I "untied" it, I'd fly around the room like a balloon. — Gullible youth
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- i used to believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa
- When I was little, my dad had a friend named Scott. I thought my dad's friend was the king of Scotland— Uhhh....