I used to think (when I was 4,5, or 6) that pads were for people who couldn't make it to the bathroom in time, so when my mom told me she would tell me what they were for when I was older, I thought she was just embarassed that she had them.
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela
- My mum used to tell me that you couldn't drink water out of the tap from the bathroom as it was poisonous.Anon
- My older brother told me that speed bumps were really dead people covered in cement.— Trina
- I used to believe that only 'poor' people had to go to the bathroom, that 'rich' people didn't.Anon
- I thought being mentally challenged meant you couldn't do any challenges with peopleAnon
- When I was a kid I thought tasers make people too sleepy to do anythingAnon