I started my period when i was 13 going on 14 and i used pads for the first 2 months. Then i wanted to use tampons. I never kew how to use them and i always thought that they went in your pee hole. I didn't know about the other one and how to use tampons right until i had sex when i was 15.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.— only me
- 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