on my first period ithought i just got a cut so i put a bandage on then later my sister explained it to me because there was blood all over her bed
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- 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
- when i was litte
I used to believe that white people had white blood and black people had black blood.Anon