sex: periods

when i was about five (and way too young to fully understandthe cycles of a woman), i saw an advertisment on tv for pads, i asked my mom what they were for and she said that it is for when older women have accidents, this lead me to believe that as you get older, you have less control over your bladder, so for about three years this knowledge scared the hell out of me.

Mum and I went to the school 'mums and daughters night' to see a film about the body etc, well after finding out about periods and bleeding I thought once a girl started to bleed it never stopped! what a relief to eventually find out that was wrong

I used to think that women's periods only lasted during teenage years, and once we girls became women, the periods stopped and we would never have to wear pads or tampons again.

when iwas in third grade i remmerber reading dear God its me margert and it had something to do with periods.. well i was soo stupid and after pestering my mom and sister and siters friend about telling me.. i realized they wouldnt. so at school my freinds told me it was when your nipples bled

My biology teacher in junior high was teaching us about the female reproductive system, and found it the right time to mention the hymen. He told us that there was a small hole for period blood and PEE to get through! U'd think that a fifty-something teacher would know there're two holes...

I used to belive that when a woman had her period, she just peed out blood instead of urine..and that was it. i also thought that every woman got it on the exact same day...the 15th for some reason...i assumed this because i had heard it came ONCE a month so i figured it was literally one time...lol

A few years ago my brother, who is 7 years younger than me and was about 10 at the time, found my tampons and came running in to ask me what they were. Here is how the conversation went:

My brother - Hey, what's a tampon?
Me - What do you think it is?
My brother - (sniggering) Female condoms

We've never let him live that one down

No one ever told me how exactly the period works. I had no idea what to expect! When I got my first one I was so confused and my mom was in bed so I couldn't ask, but I believed (stupidly) that it just stops while you're sleeping, that it takes a break, that you only have it for a few hours a day. Damn I wish it was true though

When I was little, my cousin told me that both men and women got periods and that men gave women their periods. In response I suggested the vice versa, "and women give men men their periods?" My cousin responded by correcting me and telling me that only men gave women their periods. I didn't really wonder where men got theirs from. I seem to remember demonstrations with Ken and Barbie dolls.

I saw feminine napkins in the bathroom as a child. I thought they were padded toilet paper for the softer feminine persuasion

Condoms are something men use when they are having their period.

my little cousin would follow people into the bathroom. once she went in with my aunt when she was on her period so she told her that sometimes ladies have boo-boos and they have to have bandaid for it. XD

When I first had my period at 10, I didn't realize the cervix would block the tampon from going up all the way. I walked slowly like a robot, afraid any sudden movement would cause the tampon to shoot up in me irretrievably. I think I eventually realized the likelihood of women mass using a product also meant it probably wasn't so dangerous as to get lost in the body.

When I was 10 I had my first period- this was a year or so before the big talk at school so I remember being a little scared and thinking, "Crap! I BROKE IT!!!" I decided not to tell anyone about it for some time.

I used to believe that you couldn't go pee if you were useing a tampon.

I was about 9 years old when I was told about your period and my sister would always tell me that I would die if I never got my period. Everyday I would check if I had my period. I got so scared cause I never got it for awhile that I was going to die LOL When I was 11 when I first got it and I was soo relived I got it cause I didnot want to die!