A childhood belief about periods

I used to believe that getting your period meant learning where to put a period in a sentence.So I was very little,and had just learned punctuation.My sister came to pick me up from school,and I said "I've got BIG news!"And she was like "what?" and I said I would tell her when we got home.My siter was having her first period then.That's where I got my strange idea from.

So you could just imagine the looks on your mom,aunt's,and dad's face when a 5 year old comes home from school,nose in the air,and proudly announces "I've got my period."We had tea guests also.And my mom pulled me to a corner,VERY embarassed,and said that I didn't,she would explain it all to me later.When I was older.

And Imagine the look on my face when I found out what it truly was.When I actually DID get it.At first,I thought I had a SERIOUS pooping problem and it would stop when I took a poopoo.I didn't tell my mom till 4 days later,when the "pooping" would not stopIt stopped the next day.