Before I knew about periods and stuff, I asked my mum what these little packages (sanitary towels) were and she told me they were 'lady's tissues'. I got the wrong message thinking whenever my mum got a cold, she'd use these 'lady's tissues'.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to think that bodily tissues were kleenex sheets that grew in certain parts of your body.Anon
- I used to think that Chris de burgh song Lady in red was Lady in Bread
— Omega-R-Fox - My Brother used to think that Chris de Burgh was singing 'Lady in bed' instead of lady in red'— Kerry, Manchester
- I used to think the song "dude looks like a lady" by aerosmith was "doodles like a lady"— I used to believe
- I used to believe the song "Dude Looks Like A Lady" said "Do It Like A Lady"— jvf
- I was horrified when my first period arrived. It wasn't blue, like in the commercials for sanitary towels.— Jane