When I was in 5th grade they school deicided they would teach us about what a period was. They only invited the girls which I thought was kind of odd but paid no attention to it. We watched a movie about it explaining that a period is when you bleed once a month and that you get it around your early teens. I don't know why, but I thought boys got it as well and when I came home that day I told my brother the information I had found out and told him soon he would bleed once a month. He was only 9 and when I told him this he screamed and ran to my mom. After that she explained only girls got periods and that was the end of that..
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I found out about a womans period and I thought that she would bleed through her breasts.— Michael
- For years I thought that spunk was a male period and that boys spunked once a month - Yeah right!— Stupid Child
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- When my mom was a child, she thought that while girls had periods, boys had hemorrhoids!Anon
- My mum told me that if you sniffed poppies your nose would bleed.— Karen