I used to believe (until my teens) that older women couldn't control their bladders. Thus, pads and such absorded all the pee they leaked. I never understood why it was such a good thing to start your period.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- I used to believe that I could fly like Superman if I had the right cape and got a good running start. — Rick
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie
- I used to believe that the remote control could control all the things in my house, including my dog.— Felipe
- i thought 'locus of control" was spelled as "locust of control".. like the bugAnon
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela