Weird question: Has anyone here ever...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

... been mistaken for a boy?

Aside from a mistake in a race where they put me in the 35-39 MALE category, it seems to be happening with greater frequency. Last summer, I was taking a break from work at Del Mar and a security guard came up from behind me and asked, "Are you lost, son?"

Clearly in that instance, the guard was going on seeing you from behind- you are pretty small and you don't have curvy hips, right? So it might be natural to mistake you for a boy from behind I suppose. (No one would likely make that mistake when seeing ME from behind, with my obvious pear shape... ) You are very feminine looking, but you are petite all around, so it seems like it might be a natural mistake, especially if you are not wearing makeup and are dressed in generic gym clothes. Don't forget that the average American woman is getting heavier every year, so that also means a woman of your size and shape is becoming more and more uncommon.
Incidentally, I actually did get called "Sir" the other day while standing in line, by a bank teller who quickly realized her mistake. I was pretty bundled up in winter clothes though, so my "dead giveaway" hips were under cover as was every other part of me. But it is has been a rare occurance for me since turning 30 or so.

[ClockworkOrange]

Hey, it's these others who are dumb, I would swop places any day, with somebody who had such a lovely slim figure...........and pretty.......grrrrrrr!

Daily I try and lose weight (like so many others), my hair is shorter than yours but I never get mistaken for a guy, let alone a boy...........

Sally

[emily_in_nc]

Never. But when we were kids, my brother was often taken for a girl. He got the beautiful long eyelashes instead of me (grrrrrr), big blue eyes (again, grrrrr), and had longish hair. After he hit puberty and got tall and angular (and grew facial hair!) that never happened again.

I'm petite and curvy, so I guess that's why I've never been mistaken for a guy, even though I've had shortish hair most of my adult life (longer now), and I tend to dress fairly feminine, though not to the extreme. Wearing makeup helps.

Emily

[Bluetree]

Thanks for sharing, Gals. I'm glad I'm not alone out there.

I live in the land of The Beautiful People, where implants and surgery is so commonplace that it almost seems freakish to have an unusual body type. I guess my perspective is a little "off."

You gals are so wonderful, you make the world a much more sensible place! (((TE Gals)))

[doc]

In person I've never been mistaken for a guy, but I am ALWAYS called "sir" on the phone. I have a deep, but not-that-deep voice. Somehow the phone makes it a little lower and I am NEVER called Miss. It gets annoying, but hey, I assume no offense intended, so none taken.

[Pax]

In person I've never been mistaken for a guy, but I am ALWAYS called "sir" on the phone. I have a deep, but not-that-deep voice. Somehow the phone makes it a little lower and I am NEVER called Miss. It gets annoying, but hey, I assume no offense intended, so none taken.

It's weird, the older I get the deeper my voice seems to be. I tell myself it's not so much masculine as much as it's Kathleen Turner-esque.

[Kitsune06]

When I'm biking, people mistake me more for a dude. I've had a carfull of stupid teenage girls whistle and cheer etc while I'm sitting there at the light... then I looked over, said "Well Thanks, ladies- and I haven't even taken my jacket off yet!" They were floored I didn't *think* I looked so much like a guy on my bike, but... maybe I do?

People call me 'sir' occasionally. It happened more to my ex, who was 5'8 with squarer jaw and shoulders, but it did happen to me occasionally. Especially when I'm wearing the baggy cargos w/ crotch near my knees and baggy tees. I actually enjoyed xing for awhile but my voice *can not* cooperate.

Not. Amused.

[makbike]

Gosh it happens to be on a regular basis. I'm 5'2", muscular, small chest and short hair. I typically wear jeans, t-shirts, hoodies and a baseball cap. I don't wear make up or jewerly and I'm not the girly, frilly, pink type so I guess the mistake is an honest one. It does make my BF mad when it happens but I guess I've gotten so accustom to it the mistake really does not bother me anymore. I'm comfortable with who I am and that is all that counts.

[Mr. Bloom]

people call me "sir" all the time...

[mary9761]

around 10 years or so ago I had a child come up to me, I had short hair and evidently had a BAD bra on or something as this child asked me to my face, are you a lady or a man? I took one look at my chest and shook my head. I know I am/was heavy but they must have thought I had really HUGE man boobs is all I can say.