I got my first period exactly one week before my mom had her hysterectomy (sp?) and i didnt tell her because i thought she'd be so mad at me because she wouldnt have one anymore!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I legitmately thought that my mom wouldnt be able to read my diary if I wrote it pig latin!— Ashley
- In 6th grade, I thought that once you got your period, you'd have it forever!!!! 24/7Anon
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- i used to thought that period is when you pee like a baby for a few days...— i'm totally weird
- I thought that "tomorrow" was one of the days of the week— Frank
- When my brother would go by condoms i thought that guys had period and that is what they usedAnon