When I was about 7, I thought pads were used for when you farted and you had an "accident." I didn't learn the real use until I was about 10. My mom still makes fun of me for that. :-P
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought pads were a fashion accesory. I didn't find out until Grade 4.— Fashionably Challenged
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon