I used to believe that the "feminine product" machines in the public bathrooms contained tootsie rolls and gum. So I always used to ask my mom for a quarter so I could get a tootsie roll... not knowing that it was really a tampon.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to think the lyrics to "Too Legit To Quit" were "Do the flip, do the tootsie flip"— cassie
- i used to think that you pull the string on a tampon and it would roll out to make a sanitary towelAnon
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- My brother used to believe a feminine napkin was something only women could blow their noses with.Anon
- Until I was 7, I used to think bananas were a dairy product.— Amplexor