My friend Lauren was totally misinformed about periods. We were talking about puberty one day, and I told her about my friend who'd been on her period for a few years. Lauren was like, "What's wrong with her?" I was like, "Huh?" And she then proceeded to explain how girls only had their period for one year after they started. (Mind you, she was 10 at the time and already knew about sex and everything.) Anyhoo, I told her that no, girls had their periods until they were about 50-60. Lauren argued that her mom didn't have a period and she was only 35. Then, out of nowhere, Lauren's 16 year old brother (who had been listening to our conversation all that time) said, "Yeah, well, mom's had a few operations." An embarrassing way to find out, but at least Lauren now knows the truth before she starts her periods.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When my mom was a child, she thought that while girls had periods, boys had hemorrhoids!Anon
- a male friend of mine used to think that only women who had been pregnant had periods— oiman
- For years I thought that spunk was a male period and that boys spunked once a month - Yeah right!— Stupid Child
- That you had to marry your sibling. During this period of time I devoliped a crush on my brother.— don't worry I'm a girl
- I also used to think that Mommies didn't have periods. I thought it went away once you had a baby.— T
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya