When I was little, the whole "Purity Ring" trend really got popular, where girls would wear a ring to symbolize that they were going to remain virgins until they got married. I used to think that "losing your virginity" meant your ring had fallen off and you misplaced it.
A childhood belief about virginity

others believed things like this
- Until I was 12 years old I used to believe that losing your virginity meant kissing a boy!— Lindsey
- I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.Anon
- I used to believe that virgins can't have sex and have to wait till they're not.— [to_xp]Gekko
- I used to believe that virgins were an organized reliougous group who chose not to have sex.— Pamela
- I once was told that ONLY virgins get acne. After sex, no new pimples grow. I believed that.— MD Caruso
- I used to think virginity was a religion.Anon