I was confused about the term "plastic applicator" for tampons. I thought it might be like a plastic butter knife that could be used to spread something onto your underwear.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to think that doctors added plastic to your face in plastic surgery.— caro
- I used to think that plastic surgery actually involved using plastic.
— JohnJ - I used to believe that plastic surgery was done with plastic knives.— Vicki J.
- I used to believe tampons go in but they never came out and I aslo belived that condoms were rubber underwear— Elise
- i thought that new disney peter pan song said "spread your legs" but its really "spread your wings"— shasta
- That at meetings adults sat on plastic chairs surrounding a large piece of meatAnon