I used to think that condom was short for condominium. I overheard some teenagers talking about condoms at the park and I was just guessing they were talking about condominiums. I found out the truth when I was 15.
A childhood belief about condoms

others believed things like this
- When I was about 6 years old, I thought "condom" was short for "condominium!"— Confused Child
- I used to think that oral sex was talking about sex. I was wrong when I found out the truth.Anon
- i used to think oral sex was talking like,oh i want you and stuff of that sort......kind of like talking "sex"— merrissa
- When I was little I thought a condom was short for condominiam Anon
- I used to believe the people of television were talking to me alone !— Margaux, a French student in eighth grade
- That people older than me knew what they were talking about.— Mark