I used to think my mother's tampons were air fresheners (they were the deodorant kind) and would hang them in my barbie's house. My poor mom found them once and was completely shocked! Poor woman, seeing her tampons (unused of course) hanging all over the place!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- that u unrolled tampons and placed them in ur underwaer— DKuser
- I used to believe that tampons were diapers for girls because they can't control when they pee...— Tien
- i used to belief that tampons were rolled up pads in a tubeAnon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.— only me
- I used to believe tampons go in but they never came out and I aslo belived that condoms were rubber underwear— Elise