When I was really little I used to believe tampons were for keeping a woman's pubes from getting inside her. Some genius on the subject of periods I was. :P
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- i used to belive that pubes were hair fallen from your head and glued on
— marcus - I thought my aunt was Tina Turner actually, but she is keeping this as a secret...
— sel - that u unrolled tampons and placed them in ur underwaer— DKuser
- I used to think that guys had periods, too. — Laurie
- I used to believe that tampons were diapers for girls because they can't control when they pee...— Tien
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon