I used to believe that a period was a girl peeing blood, it wasn't until I was camping and playing with this boy and I told him that and his older sister overheard me she pulled me aside and explained what it really was I was really embarressed.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- When I was first told about intercourse, I didn't believe it. How could peeing inside a girl make a baby?— Art
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon
- when i was 7ish i used to think that you got a girl pregnant by peeing in them— nick
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- I was horrified when my first period arrived. It wasn't blue, like in the commercials for sanitary towels.— Jane