My parents never gave me 'The Talk' when I was younger, yet thanks to television and friends, I knew pretty much everything about sex.
Nobody ever told me about condoms though.
Until I was about 13, I thought Condoms were just another brand of antacid tablets, like Alka-Seltzer, because they were both the same shape and size when they were wrapped.
I had really bad indigestion one day, and asked my mother for a condom to get rid of my stomache pains.
...She still hasn't let me forget about that...
A childhood belief about condoms
others believed things like this
- I use to think that alka seltzer tablets were instant 7UP soda until one day I tested my belief. — aj
- When I was young I used to believe if you gave a seagull an alka seltzer it would explode— Tonya
- I knew someone who thought condoms were so that the MEN wouldn't get pregnant!Anon
- i used to think that condoms were rubber circles and i never knew how they stayed on— hello
- I used to think that if someone gave you acid, you could completely counter the effects by taking an antacid.— abracadaver
- When i was a nipper my mum told me that condoms were sweeties for grown ups - i believed it for years!! :-)— LCF