periods

One time, when my mom's "friend" was visiting, she had asked me to get her a pad. I gave her one, then later that day she asked me for another one and I said to her,"Gimme the other one back and I 'll give you another one!" I smirked at her, but i look back on that day and wonder how it could have been me that said that. My mom still occasionally reminds me of that day!

Confuzzled Little Kid!

I was about 8 years, and I heard some friends talking about the period. I asked what it was, and the answer was:
"You bleed in your bottom. Only girls can get it"
I was like:
"Cool! I'm looking forward to get the peroid!" I thought we girls only got the peroid once in a life. And then: Finish with it.
I'm not that stupid now.

Anon

When my mother sat me down to explain about a woman's period, I couldn't fathom it. Of course I asked, "well, the bleeding stops when you go to sleep, right?"

I wish.

Gwen

When my Mum had periods she used tampons, they were Mummy's Egg Catchers that stopped the chicken-like eggs from crashing on the floor.

Clare

when I was growing up I use to see a lot of ads on television about sanitary napkins I just used to belive that women use these napkins because they cannot control there pee so they used these napkins as kids use huggies

ankur kap

Until I was into my preteens I used to believe that women wore maxi-pads just in case they pee'd in their underware (kinda like adult diapers).

Only Boy of Five Girls

When My mum first started her periods she didn't know about them and she was bleeding to death!

Anon

my mom used to tell me that when a girl had her period she could not wash her hair..cause if she did the blood would run to her brain and kill her...needless to say...once a month i had dirty hair...lol

pam b.

when i was younger about 4 my mum told me that when i was a bit older i would have a visitor from then on i got realy excited because what i thought she meant was santa was coming to see me lol but when i found brown in my pants i found out what my mum meant when i had gone running to the post office shouting BROWN IN MY PANTS

unknown

I used to believe that when a woman has period she becames a witch. Iwas very afraid of my mom. Now I know what is that.

Paolo Ivanov

My boyfriend ( at a young age ) thought that when a girl has an orgasm, that she bleeds. He somehow thought a girl's menstrual cycle and her orgasm were linked. Which made him also think that when a girl gets her period, it was supposedly a very sexual thing as well.

J.A.F

I STARTED MY PERIOD REALLY EARLY, LIKE 5TH GRADE AND I THOUGHT IT MEANT YOU WERE PREGNANT ONCE YOU STARTED YOU PERIOD. I'M GLAD MY MOM CLEARED THAT UP FOR ME OR I WOULD HAVE HAD EXPLAINING TO DO TO MY DAD

MICHELLE

One of my boy friends believed for a long time (27yrs) that a girls periods was white.

Anon

When I first got my period I looked at my undies and I thought I had shitted myself, it was brownish and I was embarresed the whole day.

Anon

before i was informed about periods i once went up to my mum and asked her why she sometimes wore nappies! i had no idea they were sanatary towles

jojo

I thought pads were for peeing and me and my friend kept drinking sprts drinks until we could pee ehind a chair with a towel under us just in case. I did this for aout a week. I thought it was fun!

pee pee pants

wen i was lil i thought that sanitary towels were giant plasters, so i used 2 stick them on me!!

harmony

i used to think periods were a way of bein punished imagine my shock when i startrd

confused

When I was little i was in the pharmacy store with my mom and i saw pads that were in those plastic just like diapers come in. i said "mommy why are those diapers so weird looking" my mom was just liek "oh those are called maxi pads for bigger girls who cant control there pee pee" my little sister never wanted to get potty trained so finnaly when she was three i said "Lauren, u have to get potty trained soon or else you will have to wear maxi pads when u are older!" i finnaly found out when i was 10 what they really are.

Big girl diapers

I used to think that women ate their tampons and then pee it out when their period was over.

Anonymous