When my mom told me about periods when I was 10, I thought you peed out blood once and then you were done. I kept checking for blood every time I peed!I was fraid it might hurt.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter
- I used to believe that guns shot out blood because everytime somebody shot a gun in a movie you saw blood.Anon
- my friend told me that sex was when people peed into each others' mouths.— gross
- My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth
- my aunt told us there was a special chemical in the pool that would turn red if we peed in it.Anon
- when i was 6 i thought girls peed out of there butt hole!— axel