I used to think that women ate their tampons and then pee it out when their period was over.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- 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
- that u unrolled tampons and placed them in ur underwaer— DKuser
- I used to believe that tampons were diapers for girls because they can't control when they pee...— Tien
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon