rude bits

one day in school we were learning about sandwich toppings. later that day i went out to eat and was surprised to see one of the the toppings we had learned about-sprouts. i wanted to point it out to my parents so i said oh look sperms!

sky

I used to believe that a vagina was called a front bum.

Charlotte

I watched Family Guy as a tween and there is an episode where Chris is on a diet and has to eat vegetables. Chris complains, and Stewie tells him he should try it because it's "orgasmic". Stewie takes a bite and says, "Oh yes! YES!" I figured "orgasmic" was a funny way of saying "organic".

Molly

my friend used to believe that pubic hair was called public hair and I did absolutely nothing to correct that belief

anon

When I was three, I saw an anatomically correct male baby doll, and asked my mother what the squiggly between its legs was. Before she could answer, I said, "Oh, never mind -- I know what it is! It's a kicker!"

She let it go at that.

Dee

My mom used to tell my brother that if he ate too fast, his appendix would burst. I thought she was talking about his penis, so every time she said that I imagined my brother having the anatomy of a Ken doll -- that is, no "parts" whatsoever.

Bunny

couple of things to share that fit well under this category:

1) when i was younger, my mom would refer to female genitalia as the "booty". years later in sex ed, i learned the proper name for it.

2) a few years back when i was a preteen, i thought that my pubic mound was a penis. i was (and still am) a big gal, so my mound was(is) pretty big. i later found out that this was my pubic mound, and that i am all female :)

v@g1na confusion

When I was about 9 I started growing breasts. However, after just watching a special on The Discovery Channel about breast cancer, I was frightened that the lumps on my chest were, in fact, cancerous. I was so frightened. Eventually, I told my parents about it and my dad just laughed and said "What do you mean, you don't even have any breasts to get cancer in!"

Melly

when i was little i thought that both men and women had willies but when girls got a certain age they got them cut off.

shotgun

I used to believe that guys dicks had to be kept in their pocket if they were too long. When i was 13, the guy i liked had a bump in his pocket and he was writing something and he asked me to take it out of his pocket, and i said "oh, i dont think i should. dont you need it?" and he said, "yeah, thats why i'm asking you to take it out." i was like "okay, but i dont want to hold it for too long.."

it was his wallet. i was so embarrased.

someone

I believed (well into my 20s) that when a woman was pregnant/had babies their nipples would magically open up to reveal a small hole that the milk would come out of. It wasn't until I visited a friend of mine with a newborn that I was clued into the "nippples are like sponges" theory.

Anon

I was taught by religious nuns who wore a cape like garment over their habit. Hence, hiding their breasts. I thought they didn't have any. So, I deducted that if I didn't grow breasts when I got older then I would know that I would be a nun & wear a habit like them & teach school.

Anon

I thought if I ate a hotdog I would grow a penis, I ate them, but I never grew one thankfully! I was probably about 6 or so.

rosalyn

I never knew that girls had 3 holes till feb 2006 when i was watching discovery health birth shows.......im a 13 yr old girl

havent had my period

I used to think that I would grow a penis 9from my clitoris)when I hit puberty and thats what happened when you got a period, becasue there would be a lot of blood and once a month your penis would grow a bit more and cause you to bleed. So, I had some major penis envy. Well, thats nothing, my neighbor (a boy) wanted a vagina so he'd tuck it between his legs when I came over. I thought it was weird and eventualy grew to hate him. The weird part? This kid seems to be fairly normal today. Imagine that.

No penis yet!

when i was little i wished i had boobs like my mom so in the bath every time i had a toy watering can and filled it with water and watered my chest and said they would grow to be like moms...well mom said yea they would so i kept on doing it...guess wat it didnt work!

none of the above

Honestly, until I was 14 years old I didn't realize this. For band camp, my instrument section has a hisotry of dropping their pants in front of the band at the end of the day on any one day. And so I, being the only girl, bought boxers for the occasion. The boys told me that tonight was the night so I went to my cabin to put on the boxers. As I put them on, I noticed a sort of hole/flap right at the crotch area and I thought, 'Oh no! My boxers are ripped!'

And then it occured to me what that was REALLY for. My friends never let me live it down.

Rose

I used to think that the scar on my penis from circumcision was a ring of dirt. So, in the shower or bath, I would vigorously try to clean it off, to no avail!

Greg

i never knew that boys had a penis and once when i accidently went into the boys bathroom and saw a urinal i wondered how they peed. when i got home from school i asked my mom how. then she gave me the birds and bees talk...

wierd

I thought that masturbating was another word for pooping so whenever I’d hear the word ‘masturbate’ I imagined someone taking a dump

Anon