When I was little I thought tampons were just rolled up pads and you would use it by taking it out of the applicator and unroll it. It wasn't until I watched a video in 5th grade explaining about periods and pads and tampons that I understood what it was.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- When I was little, I thought pads were a fashion accesory. I didn't find out until Grade 4.— Fashionably Challenged
- I thought pads sucked blood from women. It wasn't until later in life that I knew their actual purposeAnon
- i thought that my mom used to pee on her maxi padsAnon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.— only me