My mum told me that only married women used tampons(!)........I used to believe that you had to show your marriage certificate to buy them....My mum was a firm believer in the 'no sex before marriage' dogma!!!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- i used to believe women got pregnant only after marriage by act of God. Anon
- I Use to that all couples got married twice to renew the marriage
— Lucas Jr fique Marti d - That "martial arts" had something to do with marriage. — Mike Lewyn
- When I was younger, I thought that 'S&M' stood for 'sex and marriage'...I was very wrong!— Maddy
- i though that the man and woman couldn't really have babies until marriage,lmao,what a stupid person i was— what a stupid
- I thought that during a marriage, when the bride and groom kissed each other, it made the bride pregnant— Brandi