In elementary school I thought girls only got their period once, but they bled for a whole month. Until I figured out the truth I couldn't wait to get it, but it was mostly just so I could have it over with.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- For years I thought that spunk was a male period and that boys spunked once a month - Yeah right!— Stupid Child
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell