When I was about 3 i thought that the paper wrappers for tampons were what held pencils and so i never understood why she wouldnt let me borrow one of them i finally found out when i was around 5, oopsie :)
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought "Pencilvania" was a huge store that sold pencils and nothing but pencils.— Tim
- I thought that the Chewit wrappers were different flavours as they were different colours like the sweets— Helen
- I used to belive that my parent condoms were ballons is special wrappersAnon
- i used to believe you couldn't draw on erasers with pencils because it would erase itself— Samantha
- I used to think the entire state of Pennsylvania was made out of pencils.— Pencil-vania
- I used to believe that people got lead poisoning from being stabbed (accidentally) with pencils.Anon