i used to believe that the condiments isle in the grocery store was where the condoms where stocked. i avoided that isle with my mother for years fearing the ever dreaded sex talk, right there in the grocery.as memory serves, i was five years old at the time.
A childhood belief about condoms
others believed things like this
- my uncle got sent to prison on the Isle of Wight. I thought that he had been sent into exile.— nns
- I thought brown paper grocery bags would fit more than plastic grocery bags.Anon
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- When i was a nipper my mum told me that condoms were sweeties for grown ups - i believed it for years!! :-)— LCF
- My Mother used to tell me only the good die young and I would live to be 100+ years old because I was bad.— William