I didn't know how tampons were used. I always thought they sat in the underwear, just like a pad. It never made sense to me.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to believe tampons go in but they never came out and I aslo belived that condoms were rubber underwear— Elise
- I used to believe that women got pregnant from rubbing her underwear on a man's underwear.Anon
- I thought Scott Joplin and Janis Joplin were related. Two musicians with the same last name - it made sense!— Rita
- When I was 5, I thought cats were spawned from moss, since moss was so soft. Made sense to me.Anon
- I used to think that the priest at church was JESUS.
He had a beard.... it made sense— Joe B - I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...