When I first saw a sanitary pad I thought it was used as a sponge to clean the bathroom, beacuse that's where I usualyy found them. Later I saw the packaging and thought that maybe they were adult diapers.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- Adult diapers feel and sound just like baby diapers but dont have the cool prints on them— jakjflkaj
- I used to believe that the disposable BBQ's had the meat displayed on the packaging was included inside. — Raggamuffin
- I used to believe that a fish cake was a fish in sponge and coated in icing. I believed this until I was 9.Anon
- i used to think that had to wear diapers when you were on your period— Jess
- When I was a child, I thought that grown-ups were adult.— Gloria
- I used to believe that tampons were diapers for girls because they can't control when they pee...— Tien