i use to think that when you get older your body was so weak that you couldnt contain your own bladder. either that or you were too busy to afford to go to the toilet. hence the need for pads.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that monsters couldnt find me or hurt me if my whole body where under my blanket— Scared shitless
- I thought my neighbor breastfed her baby because they were too poor to afford baby bottles. Maybe they were!— Kristen
- I used to think that "extra body" shampoo meant you could use the runoff suds to clean your body.— Christy
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon
- I used to think that maxi pads were big band-aids.— Keesha
- I used to belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie