Someone I know was looking at her mom's tampon when she was young, and she accidently broke it. She was scared because she thought that you used the multiple times, and she thought her mom would be mad at her.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- When I was a kid, I thought you could get arrested if you accidently walked into the wrong restroomAnon
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- i always thought that when someone broke their arm or leg, it would fall off.Anon
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon