when i was about eight i found one of my moms tampons and i asked my dad what it was for and uncomfortably he told me it was for when you had a runy nose you stuck it up there.. everytime i would get a cold i would ask for a special runny nose tissue ! how embarassing !!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- that sneezes were caused by little pixies crawling up your nose and brushing past your nose hairs— Joanna
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- I used to believe if you picked your nose, your brains would fall out your nose.Anon
- that the nose fairy, evil cousin to the tooth fairy, would come and take your nose if you were bad— Mark "Minky" McManus