When I would see my mom's tampon applicators in the trash can, I thought they were "little toilet paper rolls" and proceeded to pick them up from the trash can. I always wondered why my mom would always snap at me to put them down.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- My 5-year old cousin used to believe the garbagemen were stealing their trash.Anon
- When I was young I want to grow up yo be a trash man, becuse they only work one day a week.— Steve H
- i used to think the "Smack my Bitch Up" song by Prodigy was "Snap my picture"..like Snap my pic-cha!
Anon - I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo
- I use to think that mummies were wrapped in toilet paper.— Glowworm
- The phrase 'Recycled toilet paper' always worried me.Anon