I had my first period when I was 10 years old, and thought that was it - you never got one again. So, one day I proudly announced in front of my Nan and Grandad, two aunts and my mum, "Hey guess what?! I don't have to wear sanitary pads any more!!!"
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I was horrified when my first period arrived. It wasn't blue, like in the commercials for sanitary towels.— Jane
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- My kids seen my maxi pads and now they think I wear Pampers now they call me Pamper lady!!— Angela
- i used to think that had to wear diapers when you were on your period— Jess
- For years I thought that spunk was a male period and that boys spunked once a month - Yeah right!— Stupid Child
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon