sex

I was born and raised in Nigeria. I once remember being told by my friends about sex, and how that it was only done by white people. To my horror it was explained to me that sometimes people got stuck and could only be seperated using boiling hot water!

I used to believe…

When I was young, my mother didn't want to have to explain the facts of life to me, so she gave me a book to read instead. Unfortunately, I wasn't a very good reader, and when I got to the part about pubic hair, I thought it said public hair. I dreaded the time when my public hair would grow in and I'd have to show it to everybody.

I used to watch my brother and other little boys go to the bathroom when we were little, and I was convinced that the reason boys held their penises while they were doing it was because they needed to squeeze the pee out-- like it was a water squeeze bottle or something. I was very glad to be a girl so I didn't have to do that. (So much for penis envy, I guess.)

I used to believe…

When I first got my period I was not scared at all because my 3 older sisters had theres and I thought I knew all about them, so I never told my Mum, I just pinched my sisters pads. However I never new they stopped after a few days, I thought they just kept going - because mine did - I had a hormone problem. But after 5 months of this I decided to finally tell my Mum. I had been fainting a lot. I was taken to the doctor and put on special tablets to stop it and given iron.

I used to think people got pregnant by just sleeping together. Literally just laying in bed next to eachother. If they slept too close they'd get pregnant. So I was scared to sleep with my sisters because we might sleep too close or something and I'd get pregnant.

I used to believe…

My father used to work at the US Post Office. He used to leave little rubber finger covers lying around the house--grippers use to help sort through letters...I was never sure, but I always suspected those were rubbers.

I used to believe that the only way you would get pregnant is if you prayed to God enough.

I used to think that the paper that was used to wrap tampons and pads was very pretty and nicely decorated so I asked my mom where exactly she got this "Pretty Paper."

I used to think that sex was just touching a penis to a vagina like a hot dog in a bun

I used to believe…

when i was young i used to think babies just poped out like a little pistle and the doctor caught it

I used to believe…

When I was 3, my mom had my little brother. While we were at the hospital waiting for my brother to be born, my dad took me by the nursery to look at the babies. I pointed and said I wanted that one....I thought you got to pick the one wanted!

I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.

I used to believe…

When I was younger I heard my 15 year old brother and his mates talking about giving a girl a "rainbow lick".
For some reason I assumed he was talking about lollypops and you should of seen the sweet stall ladies (and my mums) face when I went up and asked for 1!!!

I started my period when I was eleven. Not long afterwards I went to stay with my two twin cousins (who were a year younger and had not yet started their period) and my Aunt in their beach house for two weeks out of the summer.
I started my period for about the thrid time not long after I got to their house and was upset and embarrassed because I thought I wouldn't be able to go swimming with them, then they would ask why not.. and I didn't want to tell them that!

I ended up telling my Aunt my "problem" and she suggested that I use the Tampons underneath the sink in the bathroom. I felt like I was able to understand the directions quite clearly on the back of the box after studying them intently for more than a half an hour. So I pulled the bottom part of the applicator from the top piece (figuring it was just a useless piece of plastic) and proceeded to shove the rest of the entire applicator in. I didn't use Tampons for a very long time after that week because of how uncomfortable they felt.

It wasn't until years later that I figured out how they REALLY worked. Needless to say, I felt pretty stupid.

I used to think you could only get pregnant if you had sex while on your period.

I used to believe…

when i was about 8 my mom used to tell me that tampons were ear cleaners for adults.......so when my dad was watching T.V. he started using his finger to clean his ears. I thought he needed some help so i went to get a tampon and when i gave it t my dad he started laughing and asked what it was 4 so i told him what mommy told me he started laughing and told me "THE TRUTH"