You know before you actually get periods you have that white stuff... I thought that was my period... I was scared to tell my mom so I took her tampon and tried to use it... later she told me it "wasnt my time"
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought that your period came out all at once and you had to wear a pad around the time it would come.— Sarah
- That the white stuff coming out of aeroplanes meant that someone on the plane had just got married.Anon
- I also used to think that Mommies didn't have periods. I thought it went away once you had a baby.— T
- i thought the phrase "getting a boner" referred to men getting their periods. — astrid
- I used to believe that if you left crumbs out for a long period of time, they would turn into ants.— Bylaberrie
- That you had to marry your sibling. During this period of time I devoliped a crush on my brother.— don't worry I'm a girl