A childhood belief about periods

I didn't really know how "feminine products" worked. I had always seen tampons and maxi-pads in my bathroom as a child, but, had never asked my mom how they were supposed to be used. So, when I had my first girlfriend who admittedly had a period, she told me she used tampons. I asked her - "how do you pee with that thing in there?" and she said "you just go to the bathroom and it stays in there." I was shocked! I still didn't understand how she could go to the bathroom with a tampon in her urethra! :) I asked her if it hurt to put the tampon in where she peed -- that's when she explained to me that a tampon goes in your vagina -- NOT in your urethra!