I used to believe that having your period was no big deal. I had seen all the ads on tv for pads and tampons and thought that they were just being dramatic. I decided that when I got my period I would just ignore it and not go crazy with pads and stuff like those silly women in the ads. When I was 11 I was told by my friends what a period really was. I was horrified to learn that it could last a week and that every women HAD to have pads or tampons. But thank goodness I learned that in time.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart. Anon
- I used to think that tampons were meant to absorb women's urine so they wouldn't have to go to the bathroom.— Koyaanisqatsi
- I used to belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie
- I was horrified when my first period arrived. It wasn't blue, like in the commercials for sanitary towels.— Jane