Weird question: Has anyone here ever...

[mimitabby]

We walked through a sculpture park one day which had many Greek/Aphrodite type marble nude statues, all with lovely forms and what seemed to be A or B cup size breasts. DH's teenage son at one point said "Why are all these statue women flat-chested??" I looked at him and said "You've obviously been on internet way too much."

welll, this says it all. While everyone is being bombarded on all sides by these artificial women in the media, what must it be like for these young guys and gals when they find out what real women look like!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

welll, this says it all. While everyone is being bombarded on all sides by these artificial women in the media, what must it be like for these young guys and gals when they find out what real women look like!

Assuming there will be enough natural un-altered women still around to find out what they look like!

[spokewench]

... 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?"
I thought is was a fluke. My friends had a good laugh over it. But it has happened more times this year, usually by salespeople.

I don't wear makeup very often (two-a-day workouts put an end to that) and if I have no reason to Dress-to-Impress I'm usually in yoga-type clothes or fitness apparel. I don't wear men's clothes, but I'm not the flowers-n-pink type person, either. I admit I don't exactly have a lot of curves (5-1, size 0), but I'm a 39 y.o. old woman and I'm starting to get a complex.

Am I alone in this?

I didn't see this thread until now. LOL Bluetree - you are way too cute to be taken for a boy! But I can see the mistake from behind. My Mom is 5'0" and always was very slim and petite. We have some pictures of her in boy jeans from the back when were out fishing in a Kansas pond - I'm pretty sure I could have mistaken her for a boy if I didn't know it was my Mom.

Don't worry about what other people say - you really are pretty and the authentic you is way prettier than any fake, enhanced, blond California hopeful.

Well, so now, let me tell you a story. You know that I used to work on the Thoroughbred horse race track and back then I was a skinny, no make-up, in jeans and tee shirt, hard working, strong armed kind of gal, short hair and all. Well, one day I was in New Orleans and we went down to go to the bars and a couple of male jockeys and I went into a gay bar. We didn't know it at first cause there weren't many people in there when we first went in. You can imagine it's these two very small men and me, a pretty small woman, all sitting there bsing and drinking. After a while this really funny looking guy in some really wild colored clothing came up to me and asked me if he could buy me a drink. Yep, he thought I was a gay guy! Boy, did I take some ribbing for that for a very long time from my colleagues.

[mimitabby]

Well, so now, let me tell you a story. You know that I used to work on the Thoroughbred horse race track and back then I was a skinny, no make-up, in jeans and tee shirt, hard working, strong armed kind of gal, short hair and all. Well, one day I was in New Orleans and we went down to go to the bars and a couple of male jockeys and I went into a gay bar. We didn't know it at first cause there weren't many people in there when we first went in. You can imagine it's these two very small men and me, a pretty small woman, all sitting there bsing and drinking. After a while this really funny looking guy in some really wild colored clothing came up to me and asked me if he could buy me a drink. Yep, he thought I was a gay guy! Boy, did I take some ribbing for that for a very long time from my colleagues.

Well, Spoke, at least they thought you were the cutest!

[Bluetree]

My gay (male) friends always have the best taste!

[Pax]

My gay (male) friends always have the best taste!

So true! I miss my friend Drew, he would walk into our house and just shake his head..."oh honey, you gals have got to STOP lining your furniture up along the wall, this is a home not a hospital waiting room!".

[pyxichick]

More mistaken for a guy stories...

My mom and sister are both on the ambulance service in a small town in WI. One day after riding for two hours in the back of the ambulance with a patient, he turned to my sister (who is 45) and said "young man, shouldn't you be in school?"

Another time my mom and sister were on the same ambulance run and the patient looked at them (they both have short hair) and asked "are you brothers?" and my mom said "yeah, he's older" and pointed at my sister.

It's all about the short hair. I haven't been mistaken for a boy ever since I grew my hair out to a short bob, but I guarantee that if it got shorter it would happen again.

[Pax]

...It's all about the short hair. I haven't been mistaken for a boy ever since I grew my hair out to a short bob, but I guarantee that if it got shorter it would happen again.

I think you're right, I grew mine out into a ponytail (which looked horrendously frumpy on me BTW ) and not only did I stop getting called "sir", peoples behavior towards me changed noticeably. Men were much more polite and women would talk to me more (chatty stuff like when washing hands in a public restroom). I cut my hair short again in 2004 but with the post-menopausal softness I have now I don't get "sir" too often.

[Raindrop]

I just read this post through and recalled a few weeks ago when I was in the vegetable section of the grocery store when a gentleman in a wheelchair asked me to hand him a plastic bag. When I handed it to him, he did a double-take and said, "Oh, I thought you were a child" not saying whether he thought I was male or female. I'm very short, and have the figure of a twelve year old boy and very short hair. My husband thought it was pretty funny.

And yes, I've thought about getting enhanced, but as I get older I figure if I'm going to go under the knife, I'd rather have it for stuff that's sagging above the neck. Plus, getting breasts at this stage might throw my balance off!

[Pax]

I just read this post through and recalled a few weeks ago when I was in the vegetable section of the grocery store when a gentleman in a wheelchair asked me to hand him a plastic bag. When I handed it to him, he did a double-take and said, "Oh, I thought you were a child" not saying whether he thought I was male or female. I'm very short, and have the figure of a twelve year old boy and very short hair. My husband thought it was pretty funny.

And yes, I've thought about getting enhanced, but as I get older I figure if I'm going to go under the knife, I'd rather have it for stuff that's sagging above the neck. Plus, getting breasts at this stage might throw my balance off!

That happens to my tiny little SO as well, she said having her hair turn grey was a blessing in disguise...now at least people know she's a grown up.

[mary9761]

And yes, I've thought about getting enhanced, but as I get older I figure if I'm going to go under the knife, I'd rather have it for stuff that's sagging above the neck. Plus, getting breasts at this stage might throw my balance off!

I couldn't help but laugh here, if I had $5 for every time that HAS happened, I'd have that Pilot I've been lusting after LOL..

[Jolt]

It's all about the short hair. I haven't been mistaken for a boy ever since I grew my hair out to a short bob, but I guarantee that if it got shorter it would happen again.

I agree (just happened to find this thread!). I was mistaken for a boy a few times in high school/college--I hardly ever wear makeup, I like comfortable clothes like jeans and t-shirts, and at the time I had my hair very short (sometimes spiked). However, I do have curves and a fairly feminine face, and always wear earrings, so one would still think that wouldn't happen (maybe the loose-fitting jeans and t-shirts hid the curves). It was embarrassing, and finally in college I decided to grow my hair out after realizing that the style I had it in just wasn't very attractive or feminine especially given that I hate wearing makeup and am not the type to dress in the frillier clothes. It is now down to mid-back and quite wavy, and I usually pull it back in a low ponytail; I haven't been mistaken for a boy since!

[surgtech1956]

I usually get mistaken for a guy when I'm in Home Depot. I do have short - spikey hair, don't wear makeup, wear jeans, tshirts, sweatshirts, cargo shorts. I have this Adidas jacket that is orange and navy blue, must look like the Home Depot attire, because I'll be looking at something and other shoppers will come up and say 'sir' - they're more embarrassed than I am. Maybe I should get a job at Home Depot.

[Mr. Bloom]

One time, Silver was mistaken for "pregnant", does that count?

Of course, that was years ago before she got a buff SIX PACK!

[Crankin]

You have to be really dumb to call someone "pregnant." Many years ago I was at an aerobics class with a colleague from work. In the middle of the class, someone said to her, "When is your baby due?" in a very excited voice. When she replied "I'm not pregnant," the person was mortified...