When I was 9y.o. I found an extra large clear balloon in a foil packet in my parents bedroom and thought I'd show off my brilliant find to everyone on my school bus.
Sure enough my friends were impressed until some 12y.o. told everyone on the bus what it really was. I was so embarassed, got off the bus crying and ran home.
To make matters worse the next day the headmaster took the 12yo boy out of class to apologise to me, HOW EMBARASSING AGAIN!!!
A childhood belief about condoms

others believed things like this
- I used to think that 'black comedy' was show like Family Matters and The Cosby Show.— Katie
- When I was little my dad told me that if I chewed on aluminum foil I would pick up radio stations. — Alex Allegretto
- in grade school, i used to believe that test tube was a naughty word and was embarassed to say it.— miss sara
- When I was young and first learned about condoms, I thought that they were made of tin foil. OW!— Sarah
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I was told that spaghetti grew on trees and i anounced it in class one day in grammer school.— w.b.