i used to believe that tampons were individual wrapped, disposible curlers.
then, after i had actually seen one unwrapped, i thought it was a candle.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that eye-lash curlers were eye-ball eating aliens in disguise— Eliza
- I thought that when the lights went out, putting a candle behind the tv would make it work :)— Ricky
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- 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