I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought if someone worked full time it meant they worked 24/7 and never did anything else!— andalite
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart. Anon
- I used to beleive in stores that were open 24/7 , that the people that worked there worked 24/7 nonstop.Anon
- I used to belive that employees who worked at 24/7 shops lived there and never slept!(they worked 24/7)— tilly Waukesha WI