When I first got my period, I didn't know how to use a tampon. I thought that you just had to squeeze it and it would just shoot up inside you. I wasted ALOT of my friends tampons trying to work that out.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you sneezed while wearing a tampon it would shoot out like a rocket. — Crazy Kid
- My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart. Anon
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- I always thought the dots in tapioca pudding were fish eyes.I didn't eat it for years!Thanks alot Ricky!!!— Tapioca
- I used to believe that being wasted meant feeling really tired. Anon
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley