I used to think that pads were adult diapers in case you had to go to the washroom during long meetings at work. The commercials always showed business women.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- Adult diapers feel and sound just like baby diapers but dont have the cool prints on them— jakjflkaj
- I used to belive ( along time ago) that the pads my mom used were diapers for mummies.— Kristie
- I used to think that pads were little diapers for my baby dolls.. haha— Lalala
- I used to believe that menstruation fluid was blue because of the way TV commercials showed it. — matias
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon