i used to think that tampons were for women when they would pee so that it wouldnt go everywhere, cause ive heard stories about how woman would try to pee standing up and it would go everywhere, it wasnt until a few years later when i think i was 11 when i took one and brought it into the kitchen where my parents were and said aloud "what is this thing?" then by dad told me what they were REALLY for, and i was like speachless lol
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When ever someone said ''read aloud'' I assumed aloud was the title of a book. Lol.— Delaney
- I used to think that tampons were meant to absorb women's urine so they wouldn't have to go to the bathroom.— Koyaanisqatsi
- My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart. Anon
- My auntie was told by her husband that glacia cherries were made of seaweed, she wouldnt eat them for years. — emma
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- when i firts heard about women's condoms i though they had to be strached all aorund her. i think i was 9— hor her