i went to my sister one day and said what happens why do you got pads in the bathroom? she said well thats when you get older you start getting hair and unusal places and you start getting your period so i said oh you get a dot on yourself? she said no thats when you bleed in a spot where you dont want to. i said well how come its called a period? she said you will know when you get older
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I found out about a womans period and I thought that she would bleed through her breasts.— Michael
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali