My mom never told me what a period was. Whenever I asked her what the pads she had were for, she told me they were to keep her pants from getting dirty. I wasn't sure what they got dirty with, but I didn't think much of it, just that my mom had a bladder problem (lol).
One day when I was about 9 or 10, I went on the internet, and I read about periods, and it was total news to me. Since I had no knowledge of periods before that, I thought that once you got your period, it would never stop and you'd keep bleeding until you died. So I was terrified, until our Personal Development class that year.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- 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
- i used to believe that when u got ur period it was continuous and carried on until you died — ze bledzing laydz
- I am an only child so i didn't have older siblings to tell me that oral sex isn't talking dirty.— dragon