I thought that when girls got their period every month it was a one-time thing, like you're sitting watching TV and all of a sudden a small bunch of blood comes out, you change your underwear and you're done. I was too shy to ask anyone and only discovered the truth that spring when I was 12.
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
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- I used to think that ponies were young horses. I was embarrasingly old when I discovered the truth.— Al's view of the world
- I used to believe that women got pregnant from rubbing her underwear on a man's underwear.Anon