I was a early bloomer and when I was in the 5th grade I started my period and thought it was because I drank red fruit punch all the time and that i was drinking so much it was leaking out of me. It wasn't until I was 12 that I actually understood what was going on.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila
- my friend, up untill she was in her early 20s thought that if you drank gatorade you would sweat in colorAnon
- In 6th grade, I thought that once you got your period, you'd have it forever!!!! 24/7Anon
- My sister thought a fruit machine (the gaming device) could turn one item of fruit into another.— Richard Davies
- When I was 4, I thought that if I ate Fruit Gushers, my head would turn into a fruit. — Joe
- I used to believe if you ate a seed from a fruit, a tree of that fruit would grow inside you — kels