My friend used to believe until he was in college that a tampon was used like a Q-tip and would be used to swab and clean out the stuff and then you would throw it away.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- when i was 11, i used to beieve that if you wore a tampon u were NOT consider as a virgin— the stupid one
- I used to think that if you sneezed while wearing a tampon it would shoot out like a rocket. — Crazy Kid
- i used to think that you pull the string on a tampon and it would roll out to make a sanitary towelAnon
- I use to belive that in college, you would have sex on a bed and be noted :D im serious.Anon
- i used to believe that everyone got married the day they graduated from collegeAnon
- I used to think all wars lasted only 4 years, like college or something. Anon